Week 11:       May 30 - June 5, 1991

   
  For what it's worth, the books report that you're about 5-6 centimeters long and that you weigh about 18 grams. Yes, I agree, that's close to nothing. Still, the books also report that you have eyelids already. What's more, your muscles are developing and you're moving around in the uterus quite a bit. I'm not really claustrophobic, though I can't say that I really enjoy being inside closed spaces for extended periods of time. I hope that you don't have that sort of problem, because you've got around 28 more weeks to go inside there before you come out.

Usually we read that fetuses really enjoy being inside the womb and that coming out into the "real world" is a shocking experience. Though I'm not one to say that our world is in such great shape I certainly don't think that it's particularly cruel of us to bring you to it. But that's still a long way off in the future, and for the time being I hope that you're comfortable and making the most of your rather tight quarters. When the time will come for you to make the change and to become part of our world I certainly hope that you'll have some sort of meaningful contribution to make. How do you like that? At the moment you weight about 18 grams, meaning that you're sort of like a big marble, and I'm already thinking about how you're going to roll into the right hole, or hit other marbles and connect with them into making a significant contribution to the world. Please forgive me for doing this - as you'll learn, that's just the sort of person I am.


 







Pardon the hyperbole. You're hardly the size of a marble, but within you is the ability to create a chain reaction with other marbles that can change the world.