Skylar singing the National Anthem at the Sixers game—living out her Taylor Swift dream at age 11. From 13 to 31: Outgrowing Taylor Swift’s Lucky Number
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From 13 to 31: Outgrowing Taylor Swift’s Lucky Number

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Sometimes our children’s dreams begin with someone else’s magic number, only to discover their own constellation along the way. And this is really a story about outgrowing lucky numbers—the ones we chase, the ones we inherit, and the ones our kids eventually outgrow. The Power of 13: When Dreams Take Root My ten-year-old daughter Skylar… Continue reading From 13 to 31: Outgrowing Taylor Swift’s Lucky Number

Couple seated on airplane reenacting their first meeting nine years earlier on USAir Flight 1047, with gold text overlay reading ‘Lucky in Love.’ A Lucky in Love Story Found on a USAir Flight
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A Lucky in Love Story Found on a USAir Flight

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I’m Not In Love Yet, Caught Behind A Video I used to think luck was finding a four-leaf clover or having a lucky number. Mine was a middle seat on Flight 1047 to South Carolina and a stranger named Alex who made the first joke: “We spend more time on the ground than we do… Continue reading A Lucky in Love Story Found on a USAir Flight

USA basketball jersey with number 13 hanging on a wooden hanger; worn by Billy Cunningham at the 1965 World University Games in Budapest. Wearing Wilt’s Number: A Good Luck 13 Mystery
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Wearing Wilt’s Number: A Good Luck 13 Mystery

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Cunningham’s Court: Memory #13 Published on Wilt Chamberlain Day Dad and the number 32 go together like peanut butter and chocolate. He wore it in the pros, the ABA, in college and high school. And by the time I was old enough to know that was his number, it became my good luck number, too.… Continue reading Wearing Wilt’s Number: A Good Luck 13 Mystery