Now as I look back， I realize that I never once took my sister’s feeling into consideration. I did not want to know my own sister’s story of why. I was so caught up in my own selfishness that I never saw her pain. I never put myself in her shoes. I never had to struggle to do normal， everyday activities. I could run and jump all on my own， without crutches. I never knew how blessed I truly was， or how special Dawn was.
I know that I made it worse for her， because she longed to be “normal” like me. Strangers do not understand her because they do not know how to deal with her， nor do they have experience dealing with her， so they treat her indifferently. But I am her sister， her blood， and I should have been there for her straight from the beginning. I am her other half， just as she is my other half. When Dawn hurts， I hurt： that is the unbreakable bond Dawn and I share. After all， I AM DAWN’S TWIN SISTER， and she is my world.
“I love you， my twin sister！”
我今年23歲了，是一個視力正常、聽力正常、語言表達能力正常的健康女孩，然而我的雙胞胎妹妹道恩在出生時卻沒有這麽幸運。母親生我們的時候還非常年輕，因為早產，我們在保育器裏呆了3個星期。
在保育箱裏時，醫生給妹妹放的氧氣太多了，導致她後來被診斷為大腦麻痹症，也稱為神經紊亂，這使她的神經感知能力和大腦功能受到損害。為了恢複視力，她經曆了幾次不成功的外科手術，這使她的左眼完全失去了視力，右眼的視力也隻能達到正常人的68%。
醫生已經確診她左眼失明、右耳失聰，此外，她的大腦發育緩慢，腿上必須綁上帶子，走路時也要拄著拐杖。她看起來很顯眼，就像一個連接在這些裝置上的忍受著疼痛的拇指，經常被人們指手劃腳。
作為雙胞胎之一，在長大的過程中，我總覺得自己的身份並不屬於自己。我不想做道恩的雙胞胎姐姐，我隻想做多奈特。我家住在一個小街區中，妹妹是那裏唯一一個與別人不一樣的孩子。我和妹妹經常吵架，妹妹的殘障使我們連一個朋友都沒有。因此，我開始厭惡妹妹，想盡一切方法找她麻煩，來報複她的天生智障和身體殘疾。