Whenever I am asked what my favorite number is, I reply 23. I am not sure why but I have always liked it. In fact, when I was a little girl I used to say it was my “lucky number”. There was a movie that came out a few years ago called The Number 23. After my husband and I watched the movie he began to notice things in our life that were signified by the number 23, just like the main character in the movie. For example our street number plus house number adds up to the number 23. In addition, the number 23 marked important dates in our life together…
* Eight years ago today on October 23, 2001 my husband asked me to be his wife.
* 30 years and two months ago today on August 23, 1979 my husband was born.
And now, in addition to these monuments 23s I can also say that…
* Two months ago today on August 23, 2009 I found out of my husband’s infidelity.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been two months since my world exploded leaving shards of my broken life strewn about. In some ways it feels like 23 years have passed since that fateful day; although in other ways it seems like it was only 23 hours ago. Although I may have to rethink whether the number 23 is any longer my favorite number, I cannot argue with the fact that is certainly does have significance in my life.
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Wow, it certainly does seem to play a pretty important role in your life. Isn't it crazy how certain numbers have significant roles in our lives like that?
ReplyDeleteI've been a follower of your blog for a little while now, but don't post all that often. I just want you to know that your strength is very inspiring. The road you have taken is not the one you chose, but you will come out stronger and better in the end because of it.
I don't know if you remember me telling you about my fiance (who I was with for 5 years) who I caught having an affair with a married mother of two. He said he'd stop messing around with her and that he still wanted to marry me, blah, blah, blah. Leaving him was the hardest decision of my life, but I am a better person today and much happier with my husband than I would have been had I married him and ended up divorced because he kept up the affair. She ended up divorcing her husband and married my fiance because she got pregnant during their affair.
My point is, yes this is hard. Harder than anything you may have ever experienced before. But in the end, you come out on top and he's just the man who had an affair on his wife with a garbage person.
Bravo, punk rock chic! She is 100 percent right! Even though it may be hard to believe and hard to "hear". We are all here for you bewildered!
ReplyDeletei think you should get 23 needles and poke em in his eyes.
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