Their matching outfits, now a little tight.
His wheelchair visible.
The wooden airplane on the table beside him.
That night, one baby woke crying.
Before I could get up, Jeremy rolled beside her crib.
“I’m here, sweetheart.”
He started singing.
She quieted.
I stood in the doorway.
I remembered the airport.
Three balloons.
Two babies.
A man who never came through the doors.
Now I was watching him sing our daughter back to sleep.
For nine months, he’d worried they’d know his voice before his face.
Now his voice helped them feel safe.
And this time, when his daughter needed him, her father was there.
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