Life's Intracacies

Today I held a real human brain in my own two hands. Though my initial thought about that is disgust, my second thought is marvel. I went to the Bodies Exhibit and reveled at beautifully detailed veins and arteries, muscles perfectly strung together, tiny fetuses obviously already wonderfully made.

Outside my window thunder roars and lightning strikes in yet another summer thunderstorm. My dog will surely freak out until it ceases, but maybe that's good since more family stuff has happened today and my mom will have a buddy.

An image flashes through my mind of my babysitter's son and me, 5-years-old at the time, swinging in the backyard. As our feet stretch toward the sky, we sing new verses to "He's got the whole world in his hands". What a marvelous thing.