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No, they are not twins like Tia and Tamera Mowry, but they do love their hats. Sisters are special. They are our first girlfriends. They protect us and lead the way if we are little sisters. They are a pain--sometimes--if we are big sisters. Even still, blood is thicker than water. Sidney is one of my dearest friends from my Cherry Hill childhood. She was a year ahead of me at School 159. However, I caught up to her at Edmondson High School after I completed the accelerated curriculum at Garrison Junior High. I call Sidney the "foot soldier" of "Cherry Hill: Raising Successful Black Children in Jim Crow Baltimore" because she was in Cherry Hill until she went off to Morgan State and knew many more of our Cherry Hill contemporaries than I did. Sidney was a clinical social worker in Cherry Hill at the time I was thinking of writing the book, and once I created a questionnaire to capture information from original residents, Sidney urged those with whom she came in contact to call me. I owe her a debt of gratitude.

I am just becoming acquainted with Deborah who is seven years younger than Sidney. They are alike in that they both love Cherry Hill and the firm foundation growing up in the close-knit community gave them. They also had a drive to obtain advanced degrees in their fields. Meet Sidney and Deborah.

Make every moment count! E-mail me at Lindagracemorris@gmail.com and tell me in 25 words or less why I should interview you.