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souvenirs from the space-time continuum

NPR : Babies' Cells Linger, May Protect Mothers :: listen (Windows Media Player)

"Some scientists have proposed that when a woman has a baby, she gets not just a son or a daughter, but a gift of cells that stays behind and protects her for the rest of her life."

I find this story remarkable on so many levels, but perhaps today more so because my mother has lost her son. There will be many reasons cited for this extraordinary fact of science, but one that comes to my mind might explain the nuturing side of motherhood. Life is so mysterious to me, the drive for life so profound, and present in all beings until their last breath. Mothers can take particular solace that their children still dwell within them, not only in spirit but in fact.