A few years later

I give my outfit one last look over before I grab a coat. Fall has quickly changed into winter, and I’m not the least bit mad about it. I’m excited for our first Christmas with our little ones. Getting excited for the holidays is new to me. Before Chase, it was like any other day. Even when I was little I don’t remember my mother ever doing much.

“Don’t you rush home,” Mae says as she enters the bedroom with a baby monitor in her hand. “They’ll be tuckered ...