Telepathy

People I met had frequently asked "Does your twins display telepathy?  Do they have that kind of extra-sensory perception where they knew what each other is thinking?"  Well, the answer had always been "No".  I never notices it, or rather, I chose not to believe in telepathy because subconsciously, I wanted to regard them as two separate individuals, always.

Although they munchkins did exhibit idioglossia (defined as some form of autonomous language, using nicknames, gestures, or terminology that they only use with each other; common among identical twins) even to date, as a parent, I can confidently conclude that my children does not have telepathy because they frequently asked each other questions about their thoughts and queried the other party's actions.  If there was indeed telepathy between the two, I think the house would be a lot quieter.  Oops!

However, their Chinese language teacher shared with us a few interesting incidents she encountered with the munchkins in class.  For example, the girls were seated far apart in the class for Chinese writing lessons.  She shared that Xuan was seated right in front of her and she saw that Xuan had missed out a stroke on a Chinese character that was taught during her lesson, so she dropped a hint, hoping that she'll noticed the error.  However, Xuan did not pick up the hint and handed in her written assignment along with the mistake.  Shortly after that, when she collected the assignments from the rest of the class, she was amazed that En had missed out exactly the same stroke on that same Chinese character.  Telepathy?  No, I still don't think so.  Interesting?  Yes, but let's leave it as it is.

All I'd like to say is this.  The munchkins will continue to enjoy the greatest friendship that comes as a privilege of God's gift to them in the form of twinship.  There are things that will always remain a mystery like the science of their conception and shared DNA, but none will change the fact that they are lovely individuals in the eyes of their Creator.  And in the years to come, I believe I will not be the only one who will be asked questions about the existence of telepathy between them.  They will hear the same questions from many others themselves, even into adulthood.  So I think the time has arrived for me to educate them on the importance of embracing their twinship and maintaining individual identity.  Lord, please grant me the wisdom as I speak.  Thank you!