I Lost My Newborn Twins During Childbirth—Five Years Later, I Saw Two Girls Who Looked Exactly Like Them In A Daycare

I promised myself I wouldn’t cry on my first day. On the drive over, I repeated it like a mantra: this job was a fresh start, this city a new chapter. I would walk into that daycare professional, composed, and fine.

I was unpacking art supplies at the back table when the morning group arrived. Two little girls walked in, …