PARTNER BOAT POSE
Adesuwa: When we were younger we were not
that close at all. She is a very old soul, and I
was a very young soul. I was vengeful and held
grudges. When I was angry, I used to almost kind
of enjoy it.
Esosa: Talk about angsty teenagers. She
was not an easy person to get along with. She
thought everyone was against her, and our rela-
tionship really suffered. When she was fourteen
and I was sixteen, we stopped talking to each
other. Literally, we were under the same roof,
and we didn’t say a word to each other for a year
and a half. Then I left home for college.
Recently we were talking about those years,
and I asked her, “Do you even remember why we
were mad at each other?” She was like, “Nope.” I
didn’t either.
Adesuwa: Around this same time, when I
was about thirteen or fourteen, I started think-
ing, “I don’t think I’m the person I want to be.”
I read biographies of Mother Teresa, Malcolm X,
and Martin Luther King. They exhibited certain
qualities I didn’t think I had yet. I decided that I
needed to start seeing things from other peo-
ple’s perspectives.
Esosa: I went away to school, and when I came
home for break a few months later, she was like,
“Hi.” I was surprised. I thought, “Oh, well, OK, hi.”
I think at that moment, my sister chose to put
things aside.
Adesuwa: Now I want everyone else to be
happy. And our relationship has blossomed into
something unique and powerful. We are each
other’s closest friend and biggest supporter.
Esosa: She started yoga about two years ago.
She got really excited about it, and it made me
excited about it, so I recently started taking classes.
It’s a bit slow-paced for me. I still don’t quite
get it. I truly want to get into yoga, though,
because I love my sister, and she loves it.
Adesuwa and Esosa
