“There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” ~Albert Einstein
Friday, April 29, 2005
What a gift
Today I received the greatest gift. I saw my twins!!!!! Oh.my.god
I was a licensed daycare provider until my 39th week of pregnancy. I had a set of twin girls, Baylie and Mickenzie. Their Mom worked uber long hours and they spent 12+hrs per day at our house(lots of overnights) and Shana and I took them on weekends atleast a few times per month. We sincerely love these girls like they are our own. We visited them several times right after Olivias birth but then we moved(about an hr away) when Olivia was 4months old. I've still got their pictures framed around my house and up on my fridge. Shana and I still talk about them atleast everyday, but its been almost 2years since we've really spent any time with them. Shana is always trying to talk me into calling them, but I always feel wierd like, its been so long and they were young and their life is going on, anyway. Ok so to the amazing moment. I was walking through Target and as I rounded a corner I saw a girl about 8years old and thought to myself, wow she looks so much like Baylie, but it cant be. Could it? I rushed around the corner and sure enough I saw both girls. I literally shouted out; BAYLIE... MICKENZIE! I immediately started to cry and both girls came running into my arms. I just kept saying , oh I miss you guys, look at you. oh my god. oh wow. When I snapped back to reality and realized I was in the middle of a store hugging and crying on these two girls and the woman whom they were with had no clue who I was..I stood up and as I was about to tell her who I was she said: don't tell me, your Renee! The girls have never stopped talking about you, Kareem and I(their dad and step mom) were so grateful when the girls were with you. She was SO nice. I just started crying again and then said..Hey what are you doing HERE? LOL They used to live in Bakersfield but moved here sometime since I've seen them last. She said they still have the girls everytime they are off track. She took my number, she said she would call so the girls could come spend time with us, I REALLY hope she does! It was so amazing seeing them again, I miss them so much. I love those girls so much it hurts.
1 comment:
okay so i admit i got teary eyed at work when you were talking about seeing them. i know how much they mean to you. the fates came together and brought you together again. i hope this is the beginning of getting to spend a lot more time with them.
hugs
rae
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