Friday The Thirteenth

What is the meaning of the number 13 in my life?

Jennifer Estes

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Photo by Zhen Hu on Unsplash

After 13 years together, my soul mate died on September 13th. I noticed his assigned identification number for the crematory was xx13. Every month on the 13th, I count another month lost and alone.

Looking back at old journals, trying to re-capture and re-live the memories, I ran across September 13, 2015, and I had…

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Jennifer Estes

I am a widow, a mortician, a mom, and grandma. I write about grief, caregiving, substance use disorder, and the death care industry.