We all carry that silent list—the names of family and friends who’ve battled cancer. It’s the list no one wants to be on, with a column no one ever wants to fill.
My identical twin sister is on my list—she tops it. She’s battling a rare disease. And without the help of
People say, "I haven’t found my person yet."
Well, I was born with mine.
I don’t know what it’s like not to share a face with someone. We can unlock each other’s phones with our faces. I answer to both our names without even thinking. The idea of living life without her? I can’t even begin to imagine it. We have way too many years ahead of us.
When we were kids, people always asked what it was like to be a twin. We’d shrug and say, ‘We
I would’ve traded places with her in a heartbeat so she didn’t have to go through what she did—surviving Pheochromocytoma, a rare tumor in the adrenal gland. Though honestly, I could never be the incredible advocate she is for the Pheo Para Alliance.
Sometimes I run into people she knows—at the grocery store, or even at PMC headquarters. They don’t
Can you imagine having those moments… and then one day, not?
I can’t.
This year, I’m switching my PMC volunteer t-shirt for a PMC rider jersey. But not only am I riding the Pan-Mass Challenge, but I will be doing with my twin, Jen Marchetti, and Team Jake—for her, and for the countless others on that silent list we all carry but wish we didn’t.