Sisters?!
Are you all sisters?!
To have two people I’ve seen my whole life and thanks to COVID just realizing how so alike they are is mind blowing. People always say they favor their father or mother in looks but my mom legit gave birth to herself! To first answer the question, one of these women is my sister and the other one is my mother. Let’s not gas her up, just kidding she looks bomb for her age! My sister is my mother in that they act just alike in work ethic and in fun. These two women are so creative in all their artistry sometimes it aggravates me that I didn’t get that DNA gene in full, I have like a quarter. I am humbled I get to continue to watch their creativity grow from where it use to be. I admire both my mom and sister aka the Lone Wolves. Along time ago like in grade school I remember my sister telling me she felt like the odd ball of our family and how she felt out of place but I think she fits perfectly. I’m the awkward introverted one who was just really good at sports which inadvertently meant more attention in a sense, at least that’s what she thought about it. She has always been the fearless one in saying what’s on her mind and expressing herself while I’m that shy novel text message writer that everyone hates. She’s independent, poised with a streak of rebellion, and unmoved by sappy romantic comedies that I ask her to watch with me. We are as close to similar as opposites can be. Refocusing on her talents, my sister has been designing things for as long as I can remember. I first noticed it when she stitched some denim jeans into a purse. She then would put different fabrics and outfits together, we all thought she wanted to sew clothes…wrong. Fast forward to her high school and college years she realized she didn’t want to be the seamstress but to be the person creating that one prototype for a factory to insure the desired quantity, the designer instead. She pretty much is self-taught in every aspect from hair to knitting to technology. She said you can learn how to do everything from YouTube, and proves it true to me every time. I watched her results in decorating a whole dorm floor in forest and flower like nuances, creating The Struggle Bus Project, freelance graphic designer and photographer work all the while making baby steps to her dream career of being a business owner creating an interior design line and graphic cozy wear. Think of it as like an Urban Outfitters but black owned.