I was born a three. I am a three. I will forever be a three. For you see, I am a triplet. Being a triplet for now almost 33 years, I have learned and embraced three key values.
Believe in and embrace spiritual connection in personal relationships. Our parents tell the story that, as a young child, I would start to cry for no apparent reason. When asked why I was upset, I would insist that something was wrong with one of my triplet siblings. Soon thereafter, we’d learn that one of them had been injured or was unwell. We were like voodoo dolls. If one was pricked, I believe that all of us felt it. This clairvoyance still happens to me as an adult. Supernatural and spiritual connection is real.
Diversity is bound by commonality. As triplets, we could not be more different – our appearance, personalities, and passions. Our differences often caused acrimony, jealousy, and intolerance as children. Though we didn’t understand it then, I believe that we were each impelled to be different in order to find our place in the world. I now understand that diversity is a natural order, a necessary ingredient of survival and balance. My common history of a shared birth and identity with my triplet siblings is more powerful than our differences. Let us all embrace diversity while always searching for the commonality in human experience.
We are never alone. Because of my unique balance with my triplet siblings, I truly believe that I am a part of them, and them me. How lucky I am. I believe that all of us, whatever our circumstance, are not alone. Tell others you love that you are there for them. They need to know. Accept from others their support for you. You need to feel it. It’s a three ring balancing act.
Molly Kopelman is the proud mother of one-year-old Navy Lee, from Chicago, Illinois.
