Twenty-one

  

This morning I was pondering how often the number twenty-one has come up in my life so far. It actually made me pause and I may have even shed a few tears as I recalled some of the moments.

  

I celebrated a lot of birthdays with the father of my children on the 21st of May.  Today he turns fifty, when we met he was eighteen.  Wow how time flies.  The kids and I made many a birthday dinner, wrapped surprises, and baked some awesome cakes!  No matter where I am, what I am doing, the date always brings some amazing memories and a smile. The twenty-first of June, 1986 was the date we married. We even had twenty-one as our house number a time or two!

On the 21st of December 2003 we were at the airport leaving for what would be our final family vacation. We were all so excited!  We were headed for a Caribbean cruise followed by a week at Disney world in Florida. Suitcases had been packed and repacked. Dress pants and ties were purchased for the boys, dresses and heels for us girls, all for the formal dinners on the ship. 

On the 21st of February, 2004 we had the funeral service for our daughter. The United Church in my hometown of Lacombe, Alberta was packed with people of all ages, there to pay their respects. Sixteen is so young to die. 

In 2013 on the 21st of May I met the man who would become my second ex-husband. Our relationship seemed to revolve around the number twenty-one. We married November 21, separated February 21, and celebrated our anniversary each month on the 21st. I am blessed with many good memories, a few hard ones, but blessed none the less. 

  

Have you ever seen so many twenty-ones?  I’m curious to see how twenty-one comes next into this fabulous life of mine!