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When Does Phenomenal Moment of Existence Occur

When does phenomenal moment of existence occur...? Otherwise titled: Regaling eldest sibling delineating her sixty third successful orbit around the sun December first 2021. About consciousness who can tell After haploid gametes able, eager, and ready to yield eukaryotic (diploid) cell? What triggers instantaneous biological, ideological, ontological process, when microscopic entity housing protoplasmic substance future offspring features yet to foretell said constituent contents of future embryonic entity most often equally dispersed (Siamese births characterizing exception) after life sustaining material subsequently doubles, quadruples, increases eightfold, sixteen fold... courtesy mitosis (also known as equational division) only nine months later will quell? However lay person or scientist may explain what appears as some mysterious phenomena, each organism also offers tell tale miracle when conception occurs. Particular case in point regards unsuspecting union of ova and spermatozoa ~late February/Mid-March 1959 constituting first time parents Harriet and Boyce Harris approximately nine months later after full term pregnancy about 280 days or 40 weeks welcoming their beautiful baby daughter, (the first of three offspring) named Amelie Beth Harris. Once upon a time (said charming lovely little girl frequently on the lookout for welfare of her sole brother me, a frequent scapegoat for bullies would not countenance yours truly suffering verbal brickbats, out the mouths of nasty brutes, hence as long as she lives) forever anointed, dubbed, and heralded from the mindscape of Matthew Scott mine amazing saving grace, a divine angel donning a figurative golden halo. When this har grown man a little boy, prepubescent kid and emerging young adult, he never recognized the worth (albeit priceless true value) regarding his eldest kinfolk Unbeknownst to him (i.e id est - me) until quite recently afflictions he experienced within these lovely bones of mine vicariously felt by aforementioned family member, whose unbounded emotional sensitivity coupled with pleasantly unexpected monetary largesse represents unsung hero. Impossible mission to reciprocate countless occasions said sibling helped (née rescued) beetle browed little feet skittering away property foo fighting beastie boy who concludes his poem courtesy Google: Skidamarink a dink a dink, Skidamarink a doo, I love you. Skidamarink a dink a dink, Skidamarink a doo, I love you. I love you in the morning And in the afternoon, I love you in the evening And underneath the moon; Oh, Skidamarink a dink a dink, Skidamarink a doo, I love you!

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