Quirky Corner of Common Sense

There are so many tiny miracles in this world that pass us by - unnoticed - every day. Right down to the air we breathe and the smallest, softest snowflakes that fall gently from the sky. One of the most amazing miracles I've come to appreciate is how a baby is created from the smallest, microscopic entities inside of a woman... and how those tiny cells grow seemingly rapidly to form a baby... and then after birth they continue to develop into adults. I look at my friends, family, co-workers, strangers, etc... and it really is amazing how we all were created from [essentially] the exact same process. Yet, we are all so very different. Humans have such interesting qualities that make us all alike, and still each one of us is incredibly unique. What a miracle. Michael and I recently had 3-D ultrasounds taken of our son, who was just 22.5 weeks along at the time. Although we still have 3.5 months to go until full-term, we could see such precise details about our baby. Our tiny ...