The afternoon after the extraction and insemination, we were in a park watching a storm roll by the East River when we saw a double rainbow:
Look closely. Tilt the screen. Squint your eyes. So, do you see both rainbows? Good!
What's that, you don't see two? Just believe, then. The effect and the truth behind believing will be the same.
That double rainbow sighting, along with the impression that it was like watching little sparks light up on the ultrasound screen when they did the actual transfer the following Monday at the clinic, are among the reasons we liked the names we chose: Luka and LucĂa (Annika's middle name). Both names stem from "light." It's just one reminder of our story. Their story.
Rainbows. Sparks. Light.