Every sperm is sacred.....

Once upon a time, before you
were born, two cells collided,
one bigger than the other. The
bigger cell (the egg) and the
smaller cell (the sperm) became
one very special cell...

Having been raised Catholic, in spite of recent scandal, most of us were left to figure out sex on our own without the benefit of books or parental guidance. I received a shipment of books from Amazon the other day and a mistake in the packing made me the lucky recipient of Cells Are Us which covers almost everything but the actual coital act in cartoon fashion. It's a biology book for children on how their body was created and works at the cellular level. The publisher, Lerner Books also have Cells Wars, DNA is Here To Stay and Amazing Schemes Within Your Genes.

I'm thinking that maybe I should buy Dr. Ruth Talks to Kids: Where You Came From, How Your Body Changes and What Sex is All About, The Encyclopedia of Sex and, her most recent masterpiece for pre-schoolers, Who Am I? Where Did I Come From? since I may have missed something along the way. Although...maybe I'll wait for the audiobook version so I can hear her say "Penis" and "Vagina" and giggle. :) There is hope for future generations who won't have to call their Mother after they graduate from university exclaiming that they just figured out what "Afternoon Delight" means!