03/17/2025
🍀 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀
The four-leaf clover isn’t just about the luck of the Irish, it can also be a symbol of hope, strength and a uniqueness so rare that we deem ourselves “the lucky few”.
“Why does the extra 21st chromosome stick to the cell when the fertilized egg begins its first cell division? It can be compared to what happens in nature, to a field of clover. Usually, we see three leaves on each clover. Once in a while, however, we find a clover that has an extra leaf, making it a four-leaf clover. We don’t know why Mother Nature decided to add that extra leaf… she just did. There is no obvious explanation for it. All of the clover plants grew in the same soil. All were exposed to the same sun and rain. Mother Nature just decided to add an extra leaf to a few clovers in the huge clover patch. This doesn’t make them any better or worse than the other clovers… it just makes them different. And it is widely believed that four-leaf clovers bring good luck.”
“It is much the same way with an extra chromosome. We don’t know why Mother Nature didn’t let the cell divide evenly, but she didn’t. She decided to add another chromosome to that baby’s cells. It doesn’t make that baby better or worse than the other babies… it just makes him or her different. And, if you find yourself the mom or dad with one of those four-leaf clovers… one of those extra-special babies… then you are truly lucky. For they are the most special babies who grow into the most special people. And you are truly the luckiest.”
– Author Unknown
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