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Dear Aiden: A Letter To My Twin

Aiden and I are both graduating this really and I'M EXCITED AND SCARED

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Dear Aiden: A Letter To My Twin
Aiden Thomas

Aiden,

Now that we’re both seniors in college, it’s time to see where our lives have gone, and what our future holds.

Being twins, I remember sobbing in our first grade classroom when we were told we were going to be in separate classes next year. I remember being so excited to have ninth grade Geometry with you. And I remember trying to find a college near ones that you were applying for, so that I could trust that you’d always be near me.

In the past four years, we’ve both done so much. I’ve worked so hard at my school to do well, get involved, and make the most of my time while at Salem State University. You, however, have done so much more – you love Boston University, love the people there, and have discovered some new passions there. When you went to Japan for four months on a study abroad, it not only killed me that you were literally halfway around the world, but I was so incredibly proud of you for succeeding a dream that you’ve always had.

I know you don’t like cheesy things, but I’m going to say it – you and I are stuck together, so I know that after we graduate, we’ll still be friends. Heck, I know 30 years from now, we’ll still be friends. I know that you're going to maintain and make more friends, people that you will most likely want to be around more than me, but I know we'll still be there for each other. I can’t wait to see what your life holds for you, and I can’t wait to show you what I can do with mine.

My entire life, I feel like I’ve always had to prove something to you, to prove that I’m as good, smart, hilarious, friendly or as downright incredible as you are (and I’m sure you’ve had that sense of competition at some point in your life too… maybe). But you are about to graduate from college and I’M about to graduate from college, which is such a large goal and such a huge life event for both of us!

I know that whatever you do in life, you’re going to be great. I can’t wait to start the next step of our lives together, and be "real adults."

-Amory

P.S. Whose graduation is Dad going to if we have graduation on the same day?! #twin #struggle #singleparent

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