Definitely Related

A few weeks ago for Ash Wednesday, I was tired and meat-deprived.

And I don't know if it was simply a matter of meat-detox, or staying up too late the night before, or what...

...but I started wondering....(brace yourself, it's really out there)

...what would happen if someone came to the door and said that there was a mixup at the hospital and the baby Michael we've cared for all this time was not the real Baby Michael...like this baby was not biologically related to us. And they had proof.

I started wondering, would we just keep this baby Michael since we're already so attached to him? Biology aside, I don't just love him because he is ours but because we love him. In a way, I'm sure that adoptive parents don't love their children any less because they are not genetically related....could I exchange the Michael we have come to be head-over-heels in love with if someone had proof positive that he was not biologically ours?

Ok, I warned you this was really weird and out there. I'm telling you, don't expect a meat junkie to be coherent after so many hours without a fix.

It was a conundrum! If this actually happened, I could easily find myself not wanting our biological baby if it meant giving up our Michael.

Then, that day, I was watching him play in his room as he was going all over investigating stuff on the floor and I laughed at the crazy question I asked myself earlier.

Because, physical appearances aside.....

He's definitely related.