Deoxyreibergnucleic Acid

From the Columbia Encyclopedia Online:
Sexual reproduction is essentially cellular in nature, i.e., it involves the fertilization of one sex cell (gamete) by another, producing a new cell (called a zygote), which develops into a new organism. Heterogamy is the fusion of two clearly differing kinds of gametes, distinguished as the ovum and the sperm. Sexual reproduction is of great significance in that, because of the fusion of two separate parental nuclei, the offspring inherit endlessly varied combinations of characteristics that provide a vast testing ground for new variations that may not only improve the species but ensure its survival.

As any parent knows, that clinical bit of anthro-biology does not capture the endless font of joy or the overwhelming relief and satisfaction that bubbles forth in a couple who has just given birth to their first offspring.

My wife Carrie and I just recently reproduced and the result is the indescribably spectacular little package named Lucas Andrews Reiberg.
May everyone, at some point in their life, have the chance to experience a moment of transcendence like this.