The letter that arrived yesterday was written five years ago and addressed to my mother by the midwife that delivered us at birth. The firs paragraph of the letter states * "if you are reading this letter, that means I am dead"*.
Reading through the content of the letter made me realize that I am a twin and my other twin did not died at birth like my mother was told and made to believe after our delivery.
The midwife wrote in her letter that she switched my other twin with a dead child which belonged to another patient who happened to be in labour at the same time as my mum.
She said the switch was swift because my mum was unconscious after birthing us so the head mattron and other staff where looking for every possible way to revive her.
She went futher to say that she wrote the letter as soon as she was diagnosed with Cancer and her life span had become a ticking time bomb. So she wrote the letter to be rid of guilt before her death.
The part that got me emotional is that she attached a picture of a beautiful lady who looked so much like me with the letter. "So I am actually an identical twin and my twin sister is alive. This is wonderful news".
Thanks for reading.
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