The mystery of DNA.

How do you explain the mystery of DNA?

I was confronted with that question at 7:30 this morning when my six year old son walked up and asked, "Mom, I've been wondering. If it takes a sperm and and egg to make a baby, do I still have your egg and daddy's sperm inside me?"

Try answering that question for a young child before you've had the chance to infuse your own biological system with caffeine!

I love it when my children wonder about the the world around them, as well as the world within them.

Through their eyes, I've been given the rare and unique opportunity to appreciate and to admire the miracle of life over and over again. I've always considered the miracle of birth as one of my most profound experiences...but I think it is in raising children that I have truly experienced the miracle of life.

Jerri
PS--Paul Thiessen created the DNA graphic and has graciously allowed me to use it here in my web blog. I would be remiss if I did not mention his website: http://www.chemicalgraphics.com/paul/DNA.html

Hop on over and give his website a gander! You will see some wonderful images and all are available for purchase in poster form!