A Special Bond

It was one of the best days of my life when I found out I was carrying twins. Even though J and I had jokingly been calling oour pregnancy "the twins"...it was all in jest...we thought...

At our twenty week scan it took less than a couple of minutes for the sonographer to ask,

"Is this your first scan?"

"So, how many babies are you having?"

I thought he was making small talk and enquiring as to the family size we were after ...but no...
there were too little bodies in my tummy...perfect in everyway.

We decided to find out what flavour the babies were and were very excited to find out we had one of each...a pink and a blue one if you will.
O, aged 2 at that time was oblivious to it all, and just kept playing with the small box of toys in the corner of the room.

Fast forward two and a third years to these two amazing kids. They truly are a blessing to us. They have a special bond which fluctuates between fierce protectiveness and love towards one another and frustration coupled with a good dose of jealousy.

I have come to realise what an amazing opportunity these two children have to work out how to build and negotiate relationships at a very young age. They very seldom have the luxury of uninterrupted time with a parent. They are developing their personalities in tandem with another child who is going through the same devlopmental stages. Each of them has the challenge of finding their own uniqueness in the middle of "twinnishness".