twins

Yet another change in my thinking ... I think I could manage life with newborn twins.

I can remember a time when the thought of holding or caring for a newborn would've freaked me out. I mean, I can remember my brother and the Loewens handing their newborns to me (because I would never volunteer to hold them). With my brother, he basically threw the kid at me before I left for university without holding him. Yeah, strange thing, fear. I guess I thought I would drop them or hurt them somehow.

Now, caring for the newborns is a highlight of my day. There's no potty training or battling of wills. There's no throwing of food or biting of siblings. Life is about trying to keep them awake so they sleep at night, feedings, nappy changes and figuring out why they're doing that new baby wail ... smooth sailing.

So, I think I could manage life with twins if I were to have kids. I won't think about life when they hit the "terrible" twos or when they're in high school ... or when they're going off to University at the same time. I figure that's all the cost of having children, right?

I have to admit that I also wasn't prepared to love these little ones like they're my own. But, I do. And I count that as a gift from God.