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Lela had learned that there were different kinds of waiting.There was the waiting she had done during her pregnancy, when she counted weeks and watched the calendar, wondering when she would finally meet her daughters. There was the waiting she had done during labor, gripping Jack's hand and praying that both babies would arrive safely. And then there was this waiting, which seemed to stretch longer than all the others combined.This waiting involved hospital bracelets, quiet conversations with neonatal nurses, temperature checks, feeding assessments, and the constant hope that the next update would bring another small piece of good news.It involved learning how to leave her daughters in the care of other people, even when every instinct told her that she should be the one holding them.It involved trusting that going home without them would not mean she had failed them.And it involved reminding herself, sometimes several times a day, that her daughters were making progress.They w

The next morning, Lela woke to Jack arguing with a car seat.Not a person.A car seat.She lay still for several seconds, listening to the muffled sounds coming from the corner of the hospital room where he had set up his temporary command center. A rustle of fabric, a frustrated sigh, and then a quiet, deeply offended, “That cannot possibly be right.”Lela slowly opened her eyes.“Jack?”“I'm busy.”She turned her head toward the sound. “Are you talking to me or the car seat?”“The car seat.”“Should I be concerned?”“No.”Another pause.“Possibly.”She began laughing before she had even sat up.Jack appeared around the divider holding his phone in one hand and a set of printed instructions in the other. His hair was a mess, his shirt was wrinkled, and he wore the intensely focused expression of a man who had decided that a piece of baby equipment had personally challenged his intelligence.“Good morning,” he said.“What did the car seat do to you?”“It has too many straps.”“It's a

The first thing Lela heard that morning was Jack laughing.Not the quiet chuckle he sometimes gave when he read something on his phone. Not the tired laugh he used when he was trying to make light of a difficult day.A genuine laugh.She opened one eye and looked toward the chair beside her bed.Jack was sitting with his phone pressed to his ear, his shoulders shaking as he tried to keep his voice down.“No, Paul. I am not installing a security system around the nursery.”A pause.“Because they're babies.”Another pause.“Dad, you cannot put cameras in every corner of the house.”Lela smiled beneath her blanket.Jack glanced over and caught her watching him.He mouthed, Your father.She raised her eyebrows.He turned away again.“No, I don't need motion sensors on the bassinets. I need you to stop shopping online.”Lela started laughing.Jack looked back at her and shook his head.“She's awake,” he told Paul. “I'll call you back.”He ended the call and set his phone down.“Good mornin