Thursday, November 27, 2008

After we stuffed our bellies with a Thanksgiving family feast and walked part of it off around the neighborhood, Kent and Trisha and I visited Ingrid & Charlie at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.  None of us were prepared for the Thanksgiving treat the renegade nurses there had prepared -- the twins cuddling together for the first time in their nine weeks out of the womb.  It was a moving sight and so natural that it filled the room with a peaceful contentedness that I struggle to put into words.  Kent noticed that the twins' heart-rates and breathing-rates settled into sync together, and we felt a tranquility and rightness ourselves.   Trisha said it best hours later: "it's like I'm still on an endorphin high."  We just stood there beaming and watched them sleep -- joined over time by more than a half dozen nurses who heard about the sight and had to witness it themselves ("These kids have been through the ringer and now just look at them," one said).  We all agreed we would happily have watched them sleep snuggled together like this all night.  

These two each have their own battles yet to fight (breathing, digesting, seeing and GROWING) but it was obvious to all gathered there to see it that this time together, cheek against cheek and occasionally hand in hand, was good for their whole blessed selves -- mind, body and soul.

3 Comments:

At Tue Dec 09, 08:24:00 PM CST, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I.

Love.

This.

Picture.

what a beautiful blessing these little ones are in our world.

 
At Sat Dec 13, 02:36:00 PM CST, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hello Zac. Just stopped by to see what you were up to. Big things, obviously--being a loving uncle and a traveler in China are most notable. If you are going to be back in Minnesota any time soon, please save some time for us. We'd love to see you.

Dan

 
At Sun Feb 22, 01:38:00 PM CST, Blogger Caz said...

Hi Zac, i dont read your blog as often as i should, but boy am I glad I did, the twins are BEAUTIFUL and i send them all my love and best wishes. Big kiss to you big bro
Caz
xxxx

 

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