As my life approaches yet another new beginning, I cannot help but to reflect on my past. Yesterday, thanks to an article posted on Facebook about the positives of moving, I couldn't help but to think of the many moves that I have made in my life. As I did that, I fell into sort of a numbers "game."
2: That is the number of states that I have lived in.
5: That is the number of different cities I have lived in.
8: That is the number of homes that I have lived in.
9: At the end of this month, this will be the new number of homes that I have lived in.
Once I got started, I couldn't help but to think of the many other numbers that hold significance to me. Dates and times, yes. But even the single digit numbers hold so much as well.
7: Seven years ago, I moved to NYC.
4: Seven years ago, I moved here with a husband, two dogs, and I was nearly 12 weeks pregnant.
0: Not of those 4 are still alive today.
Those are the tough numbers. The numbers that have burned and scarred. The numbers that remind me of how fragile life is and how quickly it can change.
But just as quickly, life can turn in the opposite direction. And you can find yourself in new place and in a new time that you never imagined you would find yourself in, left with 3 last numbers.
1: On November 25, I finally have a new and happy anniversary to celebrate. 1 year. It will be one year since I first met John.
3: And almost exactly to the very date of that one year anniversary, the three of us will move in together. A new family will be created.
6: I actually don't have anything for this number. I'm sure I could rack my brain and think of something, but the point of this was that I didn't have to think about these numbers. They are all connected around what is going on in my life right now, which is moving. So, I don't know what this number holds, not yet. It would be fitting if it made itself known rather soon. And even more fitting that it lands itself on the positive side.
2: That is the number of states that I have lived in.
5: That is the number of different cities I have lived in.
8: That is the number of homes that I have lived in.
9: At the end of this month, this will be the new number of homes that I have lived in.
Once I got started, I couldn't help but to think of the many other numbers that hold significance to me. Dates and times, yes. But even the single digit numbers hold so much as well.
7: Seven years ago, I moved to NYC.
4: Seven years ago, I moved here with a husband, two dogs, and I was nearly 12 weeks pregnant.
0: Not of those 4 are still alive today.
Those are the tough numbers. The numbers that have burned and scarred. The numbers that remind me of how fragile life is and how quickly it can change.
But just as quickly, life can turn in the opposite direction. And you can find yourself in new place and in a new time that you never imagined you would find yourself in, left with 3 last numbers.
1: On November 25, I finally have a new and happy anniversary to celebrate. 1 year. It will be one year since I first met John.
3: And almost exactly to the very date of that one year anniversary, the three of us will move in together. A new family will be created.
6: I actually don't have anything for this number. I'm sure I could rack my brain and think of something, but the point of this was that I didn't have to think about these numbers. They are all connected around what is going on in my life right now, which is moving. So, I don't know what this number holds, not yet. It would be fitting if it made itself known rather soon. And even more fitting that it lands itself on the positive side.
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