Twins Reunited After Four Decades

 The twin sisters Ashley and Kate were the daughters of a poor woman. When they were very young they were abandoned in an orphanage. Luckily for them they were adopted by two different families.

The twins lived very similar lives. They were both born in New York, and studied accounting at university. And both were adopted in 1968.
It was only at the age of 45 that they discovered each other and just how similar they were: identical twins who had been separated.

It came to light when Kate, who had been living in Paris, had decided to seek her birth mother. She was told that the mother was not interested in meeting her, but was then informed that she had an identical twin, Ashley.

After not knowing her sister for  four decades, with help from social workers she was able to find her within days.

The two women met for the first time two years ago and talked for long hours because they had many questions, and some of them were left unanswered.


Their meeting was magical and full of emotion.


-M.M.

My first Halloween in Montreal!

My first Halloween in Montreal was pretty cool. I had never had that experience because in Brazil we don't celebrate Halloween.
So I was very excited, and really wanted a  costume that was unique and original. So after thinking about it,  I had an idea to dress up as a ghost. It was so funny everybody laughed

It was so nice! I gave candies to children.
So I really liked my Halloween

-Isabel

Embarrassing Pictures

It bothers me when someone takes pictures of me without my permission.
Last week, I was sleeping when my friend came at home. He took a picture of me sleeping and posted it on the net. When I saw it, I was very upset and embarrassed that people see me in this condition with my duck pajamas and my hair looking very bad.
I think the least we can do is to respect the privacy of each other even though I know he did this just for fun.
-Majda

At University, one day

When I was studying  university one day, we went to party at Denis' house. It was a really wonderful, fun day.
I arrived early and played football( soccer), people was dancing and my friend Ramiro cooked pot roast. I  ate very delicious, spicy food.










One moment embarrassed me when my friend jumped to the pool, then all my friend´s jumped in with our clothes on even me, and we were all wet but all enjoyed this day. I miss university and my friends.

-Estela

Everything happens when I try to study

It  really  bothers me when I try to do my job and other people speak  loudly. When you live in a very small  house , everyone listens  .  I don´t like  it when people  speak  loudly   while  I do my important homework. I can´t stand it when the TV is turned  on and no one is watching it and really   hate it when  the people speak loudly in the phone  .  But what bothers me is that everything happens when I try to study.  I don´t mind it when people speak slowly.

-Edgar

My new class

Isabel, Edgar, Majda & Estela in class

My class hail from Brazil, Mexico and Morocco. They are quite lively and are a pleasure to teach. I'm looking forward to their posts to this blog, as part of their written class work.