Independence

twenty eight'

Leilani Marie
24
July 2023
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"Mommy, I don't feel good" Azariah walked into my bathroom as I finished putting all my hair products up. I stood up from my crouching position and turned to look at her as she stood with a pout on her lips.

"What's wrong Angel?" I asked softly, picking her up and placing her on the counter as I examined her face before putting my hand to her head to feel that she was burning up.

"Can you tell mommy how you feeling. Any pains?" I asked before placing a kiss on her cheek. She shook her head no as I watched her intently.

Everything happened so fast that when I came to my senses, I was still standing infront of her with her throw up in my hand as she started crying after she let it out.

"ISAIAH!!" I yelled his name as I continued to stand still before looking at Azariah who was still crying.

"It's okay mama, don't cry. Mommy's fine I'm not mad, Angel" I reassured her as Isaiah ran into the bathroom looking from me to my hand before looking at Zari as I sent him a smile.

"What happened, why she cryin'?" He asked while walking towards us being careful to not step in any throw up.

"She not feeling well and started throwing up so I quickly caught it in my hand without thinking. She crying cause she think I'm mad" I explained as he picked her up off the counter before kissing her cheek.

"Can you bathe her please?" I asked him as he nodded while rubbing her back as he continued to look at me.

"You good, mama? I'll clean it up for you" he spoke and I nodded my head.

"It's okay, I'll quickly clean it up. Please tell Mari to bring the cleaning supplies and some paper towel" I told him and he nodded before walking out of the bathroom with Azariah in his arms.

"Ma?" I heard after a few minutes. I replied telling him that I was in the bathroom, watching as he walked in before his face turned up making me chuckle.

"Wth happened" he asked looking at me funny making me explain what happened as he shook his head.

"Why you caught it tho?" He asked and I shrugged my shoulders as I started picking it up and throwing it in the toilet.

"Once you become a parent you'll understand, it just happens. It happened so fast that my first thought was to catch it" I told him as he watched me clean it up.

Once I was done, I mopped the whole bathroom floor with the water and cleaning supplies that Mari brought before spraying some air freshener and walking out of the bathroom to put everything up.

Once I was done, I walked into the bathroom to take another quick shower because we were already late for our appointment.

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"Ya'll find out the gender today?" Isaiah asked Toota and Ari and they replied with a 'yes' as we pulled into the parking space to the hospital. Our first appointment and their appointment to find out the gender was scheduled on the same day by different OBGYN's

Ari's appointment was supposed to be last week but we were on vacation so she had to reschedule which happened to be on the same day as mine.

We walked into the hospital and to reception before going our separate ways. I'm seeing the same OBGYN that I saw when I had Azariah.

"Lani!" I heard making me look up to see Dr. James looking at me with a smile making me get up along with Isaiah. We walked into the room and she closed the door behind us before turning to us.