Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.
- E.B. White, Charlotte's Web
As I read for the hundredth time about all the amazing things that are happening in my belly right now, I am reminded of a conversation I had with a friend last week. We were discussing faith and questioning God, because her teen nephew was questioning his faith. I told her one thing I never understood was the conflict between science and faith. I have a degree in microbiology, and I never felt more sure of God's existence than when I was learning about science. Our bodies are such genius design, so inexplicably brilliant, so far more complex than our small minds can even comprehend, such constant miracles - of course they are God's work! I remember sitting in a class about microbial genetics, just trying to wrap my head around the consequences of every inconceivably tiny detail of life on earth (I imagine whatever the professor was discussing at that moment was probably something I missed on the exam!) when I felt incredibly humbled. I felt almost foolish for trying to understand, and I had one of those dizzying moments of realization that there is so, so much I don't know, could never know. Luckily, I'm not a scientist anymore, so I can just look at pictures of embryos and happily admire them for what they are - tiny miracles, blessings from above!
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