"Rosalind, can we talk a minute." Rosalind nodded. "Are you ok?

"I'm ok, besides the fact that I might not be a good mother to Kahlen." Rosalind sighed. Leeland nodded. "I understand Rosalind, but you chose to do this! Kahlen will have the world's best Mama!" Rosalind smiled. "Lets get our things and I can go home and paint Kahlen's room." Leeland smiled and followed. He was in the process moving to her apartment so he could help with baby Kahlen. Rosalind was apprehensive at first but since she really did truly love him, she let him. "Leeland, what do you think of the colors?" Rosalind asked. Leeland pointed to the rosey pink. Rosalind tossed him a paint brush, "Get painting" was all she said and they went to work, smiling and laughing. "God this is amazing..." Rosalind started but the phone rang. "Yes hello? Yes this is her. What?! Kahlen's here? Yes, I'll come right away!" Rosalind hung up and sighed, "Leeland, Kahlen came early and is in intensive care and we need to leave on the next available flight."


On the way to pick up Baby Kahlen

Rosalind was clutching to Leeland's hand and was silently praying for baby Kahlen to be ok, her being born three weeks early. When they got to intensive care, when they spotted Kahlen, Rosalind burst into silent tears. "Oh Kahlen... it's me Mama." she whispered and touched her hand. Kahlen opened her eyes, Leeland smiled, Rosalind giggled softly. "She's so tiny, they said that she might have to be in here for 2 weeks." a nurse said. Rosalind nodded still crying. "Can I hold my daughter?" she asked. The nurse smiled but asked if she was the adoptive mother and Rosalind nodded and sat in a rocking chair and was handed Kahlen. She was rocking her, singing a lullaby her Mom sang to her when she was a baby, and she was crying as she was doing this. As the day passed Rosalind was falling more and more in love with Kahlen and tears were falling steadily.


Midnight of that same day

"Rosalind..." Leeland whispered. She was asleep and baby Kahlen was in her incubator. Rosalind stirred, looked at the clock, sighed and rubbed her eyes. "How long have I been here?" she asked. "All day, we got here 12 hours ago." "Where's Kahlen?" she asked frantically. "She's fine, she's asleep in her incubator, and they have people watching her. We needed to go, I checked into the hotel already." Rosalind nodded, not wanting to leave her new love, Kahlen, but she had to. "Stay strong for Mama, my sweet sweet baby Kahlen." she whispered as she left to go back to the hotel.