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Special Treat ??“ D. A. Arthur

June 19, 2005

Today we welcome a new writer, Miss D.A. Arthur a fellow writer and friend. D.A. is writer number 219 for Storytime Tapestry.  She is celebrating her birthday with us today as she shares her story.  Happy birthday D.A. and please do continue to write for us. And enjoy   your new Storytime Tapestry.

A Double Life

D.A. Arthur

What happens when someone leads a double life?  Is she one way with one group of people and another way with another?  Does she go by different names?  Cross cultural boundaries? 

In many ways the duplicity of the double life is the most difficult thing to do.

And for me, it's the most natural thing to do.  I've been doing it most of my life.

I was born June 19.  In the astrological zodiac, it means I am a Gemini.  Gemini is the sign of the twins.  How apropos.  There are two of me.  Split right down the middle, one piece one place, the other piece another.

How does it feel to be neither fully black nor fully white, but both and all at the same time?  How does it feel to not regard oneself as neither black nor white but rather as a human being who bleeds red blood and possesses two hundred six bones and at least half a brain?  How does it feel to be asked to choose?  Take sides?  How does it feel to always be on the outside looking in?  How does it feel to live in two different worlds?

My mother says she doesn't know who I am anymore.  Worse still, she says I don't know who I am.

The thing is, I now know exactly who I am.

D.A. Arthur

d_a_arthur@yahoo.com

The Maverick Princess

D.A. Arthur is a freelance writer, living in Louisiana. She is the author of the novel "The Maverick Princess" which was published in 2004 and can be found at any online bookstore. Find out more about her at the following locations: http://www.daarthur.us (the official site); http://www.publishedauthors.net/daarthur (auxiliary site), and http://www.ryze.com/go/DAArthur.