When the ultrasound revealed we were having twins, we were ecstatic. Yet following the birth of our twin daughters, our daily reality shifted in ways neither of us could have predicted.
The girls were only six months old, and I was running on next to nothing. Between round-the-clock feedings, unending diaper swaps, mountains of laundry, and attempting to soothe two weeping infants simultaneously, I felt entirely hollowed out.
