My half sister was confused for a boy a lot when she was in elementary school. Her mom wouldn’t let her grow her hair out, that was crazy. Even my friends would say something about my ‘brother’ forgetting sometimes.

On age, I know you hear everyone thinks they look young. My mom looked 40 when she was 60.

I’m not that lucky, but I’ve heard it many times that I do look young for having a daughter so grown. When people see my daughter, she looks so much like me that even strangers say stuff, “Are you twins,” or the one that makes me cringe, “You look like sisters!” I hate that one, because I heard it when I was a kid about my mom.

I don’t know why strangers feel they need to say something, or laugh at us.