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"Signs of Human Life" is a reflection on the value of human life, especially our most vulnerable. This reflection attempts to counter the culture of death's desire to dehumanize the marginalized in our society.

Question?

Only death will destroy me on earth

I am wonderfully created with unique human DNA directing my development

I am carrying on the activities of life consistent with my stage of development

I have been photographed

I have a separate identity distinct from my parents

I have male/female chromosomes

I depend on others for survival

I can be frozen for years and still survive in my youngest stage of development

Answers

I am a zygote not even finished with my first half hour of life.

I am an embryo.

I am a fetus.

I am a newborn.

I am adopted.

I am an only child.

I am a co-joined child.

I have siblings.

I am a toddler.

I am a preschooler.

I am a child.

I am an adolescent.

I am in the orchestra.

I am in the theater.

I am a student.

I am a doctor.

I work in the laboratory.

I am a counselor.

I work in a hospital.

I lost my limbs.

I am a nursing mother.

I am a single parent.

I am a professional.

I work in the fields.

I lost my hearing and my sight.

I did not live long enough for someone to hear my voice.

I lost my voice after I was born.

I wish I could sing.

I am a singer.

I am mentally challenged.

I have Downs Syndrome and love to dance.

I am physically challenged.

I am black.

I am white.

I am red.

I am yellow.

I am like a melting pot or a salad bowl with a unique makeup, some would say mixed.

I have Huntington's disease.

I am poor.

I am rich.

I am a baker.

I make candles.

I arrange flowers.

I am a farmer.

I am the farmers spouse.

I am a bartender.

I am an administrator.

I am a poet.

I am a comedian hiding sadness.

I have dementia.

I have cancer.

I am a Para Olympic champion.

I am weak.

I choose to define myself.

I am old.

I am a recovering alcoholic.

I am a rehabilitated prisoner.

I am the President.

I am a judge.

I am a scientist that will discover a cure.

I am a teacher.

I am on the school board.

I am described differently based on my stage of development.

I am described differently based on how others react to me.

I am described differently based on choices I have made, or others have made for me.

I have inherent value.

NO MATTER HOW YOU DESCRIBE ME I AM A HUMAN BEING WITH UNALIENABLE HUMAN RIGHTS. DO YOU SEE MY DIGNITY AT ALL AGES AND STAGES?