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Lucky 19
If it was fate, coincidence, or some higher power I will never know. All I can say is that it was real for those 24 hours and then it was gone, just like that.
January was mine and my husband’s 19th wedding anniversary and naturally I was excited because my lucky number is ten. For our special day, my husband decided to surprise me and fly us up to San Jose to see John Bon Jovi! The morning of the nineteenth we took a limo to the airport, checked our bags and proceeded to board flight 379 headed directly to San Jose. I settle in my seat and realized I was sitting in A19 on Southwest. I laughed at this coincidence as I nodded off to sleep for the hour flight. Upon arriving at the Marriot Hotel, the receptionist handed us the keys to room 319 and once we were settle in, my husband presented me with the tickets; we were in row 19! After this one, it was no longer a coincidence; we were now looking for it. Everywhere we went we would try to spot the number, but it only seemed to pop up where we least expected it.
We went through that entire day, not finding one 19 until we came upon the Museum of Science, and it was back in action. The table tent for our food was number 19 and my Gatorade expired on the 19th. After dinner, we flagged down a yellow cab, number 219 and began our journey back to the hotel; but not before we were stopped. Another couple couldn’t seem to hail a cab and offered to pay for ours if we were willing to split the cab with them. We agreed and after talking about our crazy experience with the number 19, the couple smiled and told us they were celebrating their 10th anniversary, the number had come full circle.
After those 24 hours, it disappeared. No matter how hard we looked on our way home, 19 was nowhere to be found. It was almost as if we had been suspended in a different universe for that amount of time, just long enough to witness the magic of something beyond our control; something that only happened once and made you realize how truly spectacular it had been an will always be.