- ROLLS
- Week 2, Day 1 — 10 (mild sickness)
Pacing. Pacing, Pacing, Pacing.
The girls were inside one of the offices that they had changed into a bedroom, Vicky’s water having broken a couple hours ago. The men stood outside–well, Louis was sitting, Jabari was pacing back and forth, back and forth. After all, it was his first child that was being born, without any proper medical care or treatment. The only training the girls had was Colette’s experience with her own children and the birthing book that had happened to be in the church library. Needless to say, he was worried, and the sounds of pain from the room weren’t helping any. He knew it was normal, but it was still hard to hear.
Suddenly it stopped, and the silence was so strong it almost hurt. And then, the babies cry.
Colette came out and waved him into the room. “It’s a boy.” The first baby of the group had been born. His parents gave him the name Jeremiah, and he was welcomed into the crazy world into a family of six.
The Sanctuary 