on tuesday as that little 7 on my wrist turned 2 years old, i started thinking about people’s reactions to my tattoo.  the way i hold a certain device at work leaves my right wrist constantly out in the open, and people always feel so inclined to ask what that 7 means.  my answer is usually “oh, my 18th birthday was 07.07.07 so i got a tattoo.”  they usually smile.  sometimes if they prompt me, i go on to say that it’s kind of my lucky number, that ‘07 was a big year for me, and how the number 7 seems to constantly pop up in my life.  my social security number has three sevens in it.  my phone number has two sevens in it.  i live off the 7 train.  i was hired at apple on the 7th anniversary of their retail stores.  i have lived in two different zip codes that both had two sevens in them.  i used to live on the 17th floor of my dorm.  so on and so forth. yesterday i was selling an iphone to a woman and her mother when she saw the tattoo and said “oh! i can’t believe it!”  she continues to tell me that she was on a vacation in new york and it seemed like the number 7 was following her everywhere: the street she was staying on, the number of her hotel, the room number, her host’s phone number, etc.  she was amused that i had presented yet another 7 to her.  as she was leaving and her mother had walked away, she pulled me aside and said that she earlier in the day she was looking for guidance on a difficult decision and was looking for a sign.  she thought that my tattoo was the sign, and thanked me. i have never been someone’s sign before.
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on tuesday as that little 7 on my wrist turned 2 years old, i started thinking about people’s reactions to my tattoo.  the way i hold a certain device at work leaves my right wrist constantly out in the open, and people always feel so inclined to ask what that 7 means.  my answer is usually “oh, my 18th birthday was 07.07.07 so i got a tattoo.”  they usually smile.  sometimes if they prompt me, i go on to say that it’s kind of my lucky number, that ‘07 was a big year for me, and how the number 7 seems to constantly pop up in my life.  my social security number has three sevens in it.  my phone number has two sevens in it.  i live off the 7 train.  i was hired at apple on the 7th anniversary of their retail stores.  i have lived in two different zip codes that both had two sevens in them.  i used to live on the 17th floor of my dorm.  so on and so forth.

yesterday i was selling an iphone to a woman and her mother when she saw the tattoo and said “oh! i can’t believe it!”  she continues to tell me that she was on a vacation in new york and it seemed like the number 7 was following her everywhere: the street she was staying on, the number of her hotel, the room number, her host’s phone number, etc.  she was amused that i had presented yet another 7 to her.  as she was leaving and her mother had walked away, she pulled me aside and said that she earlier in the day she was looking for guidance on a difficult decision and was looking for a sign.  she thought that my tattoo was the sign, and thanked me.

i have never been someone’s sign before.

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