How Do I Know I’m Human?
Hi everyone, the following is an excerpt from my first blog post last week at Life As A Human, the exciting new website I’m editing. I hope you’ll follow my link below. The story explores the question: How do I know I’m human? Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Hmmm.
Excerpt from “Oh So Human” by Kerry Slavens, posted February 1st on Life As A Human.
“As far as I know, I am a human. Last time I had an MRI, nobody saw anything alien in my body — or at least nothing that worried them. My blood tests don’t raise eyebrows. It appears my human-ness is valid.
There was no entry visa required to be human — no test to fill out. I simply arrived on this planet one morning in February, slipping out of my mother into the hands of a midwife. In those days, being born to a midwife rather than in a hospital generally meant the family was poor, not holistically savvy. I did not have a silver spoon in my mouth. I did, however, have stars in my eyes. …” Read more…
