Between showing off my new snow boots and talking about giftwrapping, I've decided I should post something more thought-provoking.

Last night, while husbandless at home (AGAIN, for like the 4th time in the last 6 days), I flipped on the tube and watched three straight hours of that TLC docu-drama series about...how do I put this...genetically-challenged individuals. (One was called "I am my own twin" - now if you can figure out what that's all about, big props to you).

So this kid born with two heads, Manar, is actually a normally functioning baby with a twin joined at the head (I'll call her The Head) who has a developed head/brain but no body. The doctors kept referring to the other kid as "the parasitic" which was technically true since The Head, having no circulatory system of it own, survived on Manar's.

Basically, the two heads had to be separated otherwise the complications of having to sustain two brains and sharing a circulatory system would kill Manar's. And obviously separating the two heads would cause The Head to die.

From the surface it seems like no-brainer (pun not intended). Kill The Head and save the "real baby." I'm wondering if the decision is really that easy...?

The Head, having a full brain, exhibits certain reflex movements such as suckling and blinking and supposedly has consciousness, being able to express happiness or discomfort. The Head was once part of a fertilized egg too. She was part of the unformed body that God knit in the womb in Psalm 139.

Another way of looking at it is that The Head is going to die no matter what. It will either kill itself by killing Manar or it will die because its separated from Manar. So why not save Manar?

BUT, is that really a decision I can live with?

Dunno.