HUMBLE, Texas—At the Mayorga household in Humble, there’s no such thing as a typical day. That’s because Veronica Real-Mayorga delivered quintuplets in August.
With three boys and two girls all born on the same day, it seems the fertility drugs she had been taking really worked.
"I cried because I was overwhelmed with the news of five," said Mayorga. "I wondered how I was going to handle it."
Then she remembered something she’d heard in church.
"God will not give you anything you cannot handle," said Mayorga. "So I said, OK, I don’t know how I’m going to do it, but I’ll be fine.
And fine she is, with five 9-month-olds and one 9-year old.
So it makes sense that on Mother’s Day Veronica felt five times the love.
"Yes," said Mayorga, "as well as the work."
Work that includes 40 diaper changes a day.
"She’s the best of the best," said her eldest son, 9-year-old Fernando Mayorga. "She takes care of everybody."
As Mayorga and her husband strap their children’s car seats into a Chevy Suburban before heading to church, the once frightened mother wants but one thing.
"To take care of them well," said Mayorga, "from now until the end."
And every day in between.
