"Sh." I said, trying to calm the girls.
It had been two weeks since the ark struck land. Shem was busy starting to build us a sturdy hut and I spent my time looking after our daughters. I was so tired but I was their only source of food so I was always up with them.
They had just been fed but they would not stop crying. I couldn't help the tears silently falling from my eyes.
"Here Ila, let me." Mother said her hand on my shoulder.
I handed her the babies and within moments they were fast asleep. She put them in their cradle and sat down next to me. She pulled me close to her and I sobbed into her shoulder.
"It is alright Ila, you are new at this." She tried consoling me," go rest, I will watch them."
When I woke up I turned over and saw Shem lying next to me, holding one of the girls. He looked at me and smiled.
"This one will be trouble, I can tell." He said to me while the baby flailed her arms around, "We really need to name them."
"Evi." I said, tying a piece of string around her tiny ankle, "She will have a piece of string on her ankle while our other daughter will have one on her wrist."
"And we will name this one Adah." Shem cooed at the baby who was now in my arms.
"She sleeps so heavily." I said, "Evi does not."
"Well she is curious about the world around her." Shem told, "You are an amazing mother Ila."
"You think so?" I asked him.
"I know so." He replied, putting his forehead to mine, "And you are so brave."
"I was going to let him kill them!" I cried, "I was going to let him strike them down in my arms!"
Shem took both babies and put them in their cradles and them came back and put his arms around me. He rocked me as I sobbed and I could feel his own tears. We were all still trying to get past the events that happened in the past year, but it was easy. Mother told me that I was still weak from the birth, but soon I would be able to move past it all.
Shem and I stayed like this for a while, but I soon noticed he had stopped crying. I looked up and saw he was asleep. I pulled out of his embrace and gently laid him down and covered him with a blanket. I got up and walked out to the hearth and saw mother was cooking.
"Ila." She said noticing my presence, "Are you hungry?"
I nodded and she handed me some bread and I nibbled on it.
"Did you rest well?" she asked me.
"It was sound. Shem is sleeping now." I replied.
"Good, you both needed it." She stated.
We sat in comfortable silence until Ham joined us.
"How are you Ila?" Ham asked me.
"I am well. How are you doing Ham?" I asked him.
"I am doing better." He said quietly.
We were all healing, but the wounds were still deep within us all.