HER SISTER, BASHRBARAS, MEMOIR. >> ITS BEEN GREAT SHARING THE
STORIES WE HAVE GROWING UP AND THE SPECIAL BOND WE HAVE ASAND
THE SPECIAL BOND WE HAVE AS SISTERS.
SISTERS.
AND WE HOPE OUR STORIES INSPIRE
ALL WOMEN. FROM THE MOMENT I WAS BORN, I
HAD THIS PERSON WHO LIFTED ME
UP.
BARBARA HAS A HUGE HEART. SHE WAS THE TYPE OF KID THAT
LOOKED AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE IN
OUR CLASS.
OUR CLASS.
AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS TAKEN CARE OF.
SHES GENTLE.
SHES GENTLE. HES CREATIVE.
HES CREATIVE. SHES A GREAT ARTIST.
AND SHES BRILLIANT.
>> JENNA IS EXTREMELY FUN.
SHE MAKES THE MOST OUT OF
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING.
SHES ALWAYS BEEN AN
ENTERTAINER.
SHE HAS A HUGE IMAGINATION. AND HAS LOVED MAKING PEOPLE
LAUGH AND SMILE AND ENTERTAINING
THEM.
THEM.
SHE MAKES THE MOST OUT OF ANY
SITUATION.
SHES MADE MY LIFE EXTREMELY FUN. MADE MY LIFE EXTREMELY
FUN.
AND SHES VERY LOVING.
>> THANKS, SISSY. SO MANY PEOPLE THINK THEY KNOW
US BECAUSE OF YEARS OF MEDIA
SPOTLIGHT OR ARTICLES WRITTEN
ABOUT US.
ABOUT US. BUT WE FELT LIKE THE TRUE
ESSENCE OF WHO WE ARE ISNT
REALLY OUT THERE.
WE WANTED TO WRITE OUR OWN STORY.TED TO WRITE OUR OWN
STORY.
>> WE REALIZED HOW LUCKY WE HAVE BEEN. REALIZED HOW LUCKY WE HAVE
BEEN.
WEVE HAD AN EXTREMELY
INCREDIBLE LIFE.
AND ALWAYS HAVE HAD A PATRTNER T
GO THROUGH IT WITH, BECAUSE
WERE TWINS. WE WERE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TO BE
VERY DIFFERENT.
VERY DIFFERENT.
>> AND WE WERE NOURISHED TO DO
DIFFERENT THINGS.
I THINK WE WERE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT CAREERS.GOING TO
HAVE DIFFERENT CAREERS. >> I ATTENDED THE LAUNCH OF THE
PRESIDENTS EMERGENCY PLAN FOR
AIDS RELIEF WHEN I WAS IN MY
JUNIOR SUMMER.
JUNIOR SUMMER. AT THE TIME, IF YOU WERE LIVING
ON AFRICA, YOU COULDNT GET
ACCESS TO ANTI-RETROVIRAL DRUGS,
WHICH ARE THE DRUGS THAT KEEP
YOU ALIVE WHEN YOURE HIV-HOZ
HIV-POSITIVE.
HIV-POSITIVE.
I WAS ANGERED BUT INSPIRED BY SEEING PEOPLE STEPPING UP. BY
SEEING PEOPLE STEPPING UP. I STARTED GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS IN
2009.
2009.
AND NOW, WEVE WORKED WITH
ALMOST 1,000 YOUNG LEADERS.
>> BEFORE I WAS WORKING ON POLICY FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
>> AND I WORK ON A VARIETY OF
ISSUES, GOVERNMENT, LABOR.
>> IM SO PROWUD OF BARBARA.
SHE WORKS TIRELESSLY.
SHES TRAVELING ALL THE TIME.
I FEEL LOW SHES MAKING THE
WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
I GOT TO EXPERIENCE A SMALL PART
OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO TRAIN TO
BE AN ASTRONAUT.
>> SHES LOVED PEOPLE. SHES LOVED ENTERTAINING.
ITS A NATURAL FIT FOR HER.
AND SHES GREAT AT IT.
>> SHE WANTS IT.
WE WOULD SAY TO MILA, WERE
SISTERS.
SISTERS.
WE REALIZE HOWD LUCKY WE HAVE
BEEN TO HAVE SOMEONE BY OUR SIDE AND HAVE SOMEONE THATS HAD OURDE
AND HAVE SOMEONE THATS HAD OUR BACK THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE LIVES.
>> SHES ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.
AND SHE HAS WITNESSED ALL OF THESE MILESTONES.SSED ALL OF
THESE MILESTONES. MAKES ME WANT TO CRY.
I DONT KNOW WHY.
>> LIKE OUR LIFE EXPANDED
BECAUSE OF EACH OTHER.
AND I HOPE THAT POPPY AND MILA
HAVE THAT, AS WELL.
>> I THINK A SISTER CAN BE A
BLOOD SISTER, LIKE I SO LUCKILY
HAVE.
HAVE.
IT CAN ALSO BE A WOMAN IN A HAS YOUR BACK, THAT MAKES YOU FEELS
YOUR BACK, THAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOURE GOOD ENOUGH.
THAT EMPOWERS YOU TO BE YOUR
BEST PERSON, TO BE YOUR BEST
SELF-
SELF- SELF.
SELF. THAT LAUGHS WITH YOU AND CRIES
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU.
>> WHETHER ITS A BLOOD SISTER OF A FRIEND SISTER, ITS SOMEONE
WHO WILL BE ALONGSIDE YOU AS YOU
GO THROUGH LIFE.
>> MY SISTER DOES SUCH GOOD WORK
AND I DONT.
YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THE
JUXTAPOSITION OF WHAT SHE DOES
AND WHAT I DO.
YOU ALL ARE AWESOME.
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