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People marvel at my charm bracelet. Their first question is always "How many charms do you have?!" I think the current count is somewhere around 52, but I think a better question would be is there a story behind each of your charms? And the answer would be "Yes, there is. Would you like to hear one of them?" So here they are, charms one story at a time.


Sunday, March 9, 2008

Number 7

My favorite number is the number 7. One night as I was checking out the cool charms on eBay, I decided that my bracelet needed a number 7 on it, so I ordered it, and here it is.

Why the number 7 you ask? The answer to that question is the fun part of the story behind this charm. So here it goes:

1. In Judeo-Christian tradition, the number 7 symbolizes completeness or perfection. I like that.
2. If you continue looking at the symbolism of numbers in Judeo-Christian tradition, the number 7 is the summation of God (symbolized by the number 3 - the godhead) and man (symbolized by the number 4). God + Man = Completeness or Perfection. 3+4=7. Cool.
3. There are 7 members of my immediate family: My mom, my dad, me, Rebecca, Adam, Elizabeth, and Rachel.
4. If you count the two babies that didn't make it to full term, there are 7 kids in my immediate family.
5. On the 7th day, God rested, and I need the reminder to rest since I have a tendency to fill my plate to overflowing.
6. It's a prime number. Prime numbers are cool.
7. Bond. James Bond.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

hooray for you for having so many reasons for your lucky number. mine is 11. because i was born in november. and i like it. that's pretty much it.

Jan said...

It's a great number. I've always liked 7 as well -- I like the idea of it representing perfection because heaven knows I"m far from that.