"Hi, Momma, it's Lucas."
"I'm here, too, Mommy!"
"Shh~ Lily, you have to be quiet. Momma is sleeping."
"But wouldn't being loud help Mommy wake up faster?"
The kids sit on the bed next to me while the three guys watch from the door. Lucas takes my hand and wraps his tiny hands around the them.
"Momma, are you having a good sleep? Mother and Papa said that your heart is in the middle of getting fixed because it got hurt. I got a scratch on my knee yesterday when I was playing out in the yard, and it really hurt, but I'm being strong because Momma is strong."
Lily grabs my finger and looks up at me. "Mommy, when are you going to wake up? All of the daddies keep having a sad face, but they pretend that they aren't sad. Mother cries sometimes when she's alone. I don't like it my Daddies and Mother are sad, so can you wake up soon so that we can be happy again?"
-"I'm sorry, babies. I'm trying my best to wake up, but my body won't let me. I promise to wake up as soon as I can."-
