Love

It happened! In the past two weeks I have 'bonded' with my babies. I'm pretty sure that's what this is anyway, this sudden, huge rush of love. I feel connected to them now, not just as a caregiver, but with a deep sense of belonging, like the three of us are joined in some intangible way. We are family.

The babies recognize me now, I'm sure of it. They are as attached to me as I am to them, and they respond to me in a different way than they do with anybody else. It took three months for this to happen, which seems like a very long time. I loved them, but now I know that they love me too. I know this for a fact, and it is a momentous thing. It makes me cry just thinking about it, and I am so lucky.