For the first time in their lives, they had to live with people seeing them exactly as they had seen Rosie.
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At the twins’ dedication a few months later, my uncle raised his glass.
“Some men become husbands,” he said. “Ben became a protector.”
The room erupted in applause.
I looked at my brother-in-law, holding one baby while Rosie cradled the other.
I knew then that our real family had only just begun.
“Some men become husbands. Ben became a protector.”
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