So, my best friend/big brother Marcus McCoy, and his wife, Maybelline had a baby this last weekend. Micah Octavio Morris McCoy. I'm so happy for them! Having a child is something amazingly special, and I think something that more people should put serious thought into. It's really something special. Two people coming together and creating a small, miniature life with pieces of both of them. To use the music metaphor I established last night. Two people's songs blending in harmony to create a new, entirely different song, which grows and develops independently of its parental refrains.
I know that there's a deep-seated biological drive to reproduce, but I think there's also a spiritual component as well. In creating new life, we are emulating God. That's part of what makes having children so special, and the reason that we should all take this more seriously. I know that someday I want to hold my own child in my arms. Who knows if I'll ever get that chance, though. I'll have to find someone first. I'm also not trying to downplay the virtues of adoption, which I wholeheartedly support. But there is something innately wonderful and special in the creation of your own child of your own flesh and blood. It's something that someday I hope to experience. I've always wanted to be a dad more than anything else. As much as I try to deny it, it's always there.
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