Becoming Us, Becoming Parents
Love changed its language the moment they realized it was no longer just theirs.
Before, love had been a shared breath—intimate, intense, self-contained. Now it stretched outward, wider than their arms, deeper than their fears. It asked more of them, not in sacrifice alone, but in becoming.
Lala felt it first in the quiet hours.
The house would be still, the world softened by night, and she would sit with one hand resting on her growing belly, the other wrapped around Daniel’s. In those moments, love was no longer a feeling that bloomed and faded—it was a steady awareness.
Someone depends on us now.
That truth both terrified and anchored her.
Love Redefined
Daniel began to notice how differently he loved her.
Before, love had been desire, reassurance,
