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Getting Real : Speak your peace

an open letter

from conjoined twins - Friday, June 03, 2005
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to my big sister

Kristina my dearest,

I hope you don’t mind me posting this letter to you here on Moving on (and I hope no-one else on the site minds.) This is both a kind of personal tribute and also a kind of public apology (even though I don’t know many other people here). I have spoken to you personally but only a letter can say everything I have to say. You have been kind enough to dismiss the need for an apology but I have to make sure you know I’m sincere; so I hope this will go someway towards that. My intention is not to beat myself up unnecessarily, but just to face up to the truth and to beg forgiveness for the things that require it.

It’s been nearly 17 years since we have been a part of TF but we are still under its influence because a person can’t get away from their Childhood. I feel shame, not for having had an easier time of it than you in TF, but for my actions since then that have made your life even harder. I would like to say how proud I am of you and your incredible lightness of spirit and for the love you have generously shown those around you; you have always tried to protect other people from the things you had to deal with. But, for those times that you did not have the strength, I apologise for when my own despair was a contributing factor; or when it blinded me from the love I have for you in my heart and prevented me from supporting you in the way I should have

I want to thank you for always being my shield and surrogate mother. Your knowledge and skill at an unfathomably young age gave me and our younger siblings space to breathe and have some kind of ‘normal’ and relatively happy childhood.

When we left the group this situation didn’t change much. You bore the brunt of our re-entry into society at large but I reaped the benefits. You faced the harsh realities of being a strange alien in a ‘normal’ school and I had the softer cushion of a private school and its middle class politeness. You campaigned against TF, but I felt sorry for myself because my childhood had now been completely altered by the revelations of sex-abuse. My step-dad (who I had loved despite his badness) was now an evil Monster that had to be torn out of my mind. Needless to say, I am having to reconsider these immature views.

My intention was always to pay you back for all those years of food and board (and more) that you provided when you didn’t have to (while you struggled as a single parent). I would often excuse myself with something like “when I am rich and famous I’ll make it up to you.” I did the taking, but eventually realised (as you did) that I couldn’t deliver on the giving; things drastically weren’t going my way. I collapsed into myself to ‘work things out’. While I could afford to self-indulge and retreat zombie-like for a year or two, you didn’t have that option. And I had the nerve to sometimes castigate you for the chips on your shoulders when I had a forest of them weighing me down. For that stupidity and arrogance I am truly sorry.

By focusing on these negative aspects I hope you don’t think I have forgotten all the good times; we had some great fun and our unique experiences mean we are in lots of ways closer than many brothers and sisters get to be. You are full of good qualities and have done a great job with your son; and I hope that he will also forgive me when he looks back; but that depends on how I go on from here.

I look forward to a future with my Ego in its proper place; otherwise It only poisons and ruins everything. And I look forward to constantly renewed love giving meaning to our lives in ways we can’t imagine now.

Yours with Love,

Dave

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from from your big sister
Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 09:42

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Dave,

Thank you for your kind words.


I wouldn’t have had the strength I needed if I hadn’t loved you all so much and I thank you and love you for being the wonderful, interesting and thoughtful soul you are. Our relationship has been and always will be unique and special to me, we have walked many roads together and some alone. Equally I have learned a lot from you and I am proud to be your sister.
No regrets, I wouldn’t change a thing.
I am lucky to have had so many wonderful sibblings, who I can call friends.

Kristina X



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from ErikMagnusLehnsher
Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 22:00

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That's a beautiful letter.

I've often thought that it was the protective instincts of brothers and sisters that helped them get through things while in TF. Sometimes I felt far more indignant about situations involving my younger siblings than my parents appeared to be at the time.

Best of luck to you and your sister and nephew.
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from beautiful
Friday, June 03, 2005 - 21:43

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I am in awe of this letter.
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From Jerseygirl
Saturday, June 04, 2005, 05:03

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me too.(reply to this comment
from Phoenixkidd
Friday, June 03, 2005 - 17:43

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IT's really true, I can think of many older ex-gen who helped their younger brothers and sisters, when their moms were out fuckin other guys and Dad was "Preachin the Gospel". There was one gal in particular her name was, Virginia, Eldest of 5 kids when she was only 7 years old. She would take care of her younger sister and her mom would just rag on her all the time. Even at that young age I knew her mom was crazy for making her work so hard. My thanks and grattitude go to all oldest kids of each family who had to bear so much of the burden of childcare when they were growing up in the cult!


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