Three Days Old

  • The Drive Home

    For months,I prepared myselfTo leave the hospitalWith only hope. I knew the risks. Identical twins. One placenta. Early delivery. I whispered“Maybe.” Maybe oneWould need the NICU. Maybe I’d have to chooseWhich bedsideTo sit beside first. Maybe homeWould have to wait. Instead, Three days later, There you were. Two impossibly tiny girls. Two car seatsBuckled into…

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