miracles

i’m turning 22 this saturday.

i’m thinking that by the time i reach 30 i should have at least one baby… of my own… i’ve always thought this as reasonable life planning.

but nothing that i have learned since i was old enough to remember has supporded my little plan.

it started with elementary biology / genetics where i had to memorize and study a long list of “possible malfunctions” of us humans , from the common cold that aparently has no cure!!! (i was as shocked when i learned that as when i learned about Santa) to elephantiasis and Down syndrome.

THEN, i went to collage. no problem, i didn’t go to any medical school, but lots of my friends did. so now i learn about more possible genetic disorders and infections and viruses and and and

at this point my brain automatically reached the eternal conclusion - “it’s a miracle healthy people are even born” and the constant asault of news of terror, hunger, crime and sadness in the world lead my brain to another eternal wonder “do i even want to bring somebody into THIS world?”

AND NOW… a news to top it all on TVR1, the national romanian channel:
in 2004 there were 323 of new cases of cancer affecting children of maximum 14 years old. in 2005, the number was 7,700! and at the end of 2006 there were almost 11,000 of new cases of cancer affecting children (in Romania)

maybe we don’t deserve miracles anymore…