My Number

 

Digital or Audible

If you have read my blog, you know the number 3 is special to me.  In particular, 333 is “my number”.  It has been a part of my life since birth.  I was born at 3:33 pm.   My mother was born in 1933.  My street address is 1333.  I have 3 sons who are 3 years apart.  For many years, when I woke up at night, the digital clock would read precisely “3:33”.  I have that number appear in my daily life continuously, whether on a receipt, an advertisement, an airline seat, a road sign, etc.  Many days, after not looking at the clock for hours, I will glance at my phone or my car clock and it will be 3:33. Recently, I have had some trouble trying to get to sleep or waking up periodically during the night.  The battery on my bedside clock is dead, and I am currently looking for an electric one to replace it.  In the meantime, when I wake up, I have no idea what time it is.  Has it been hours or minutes since I went to sleep?  Being the curious one, I simply said out loud “Siri, what time is it?”.  My phone is on the nightstand in the charger and the reply I received made me smile in the darkness.  The voice of Siri rang out: “it is three thirty-three am”.  No kidding, I thought to myself.  Of course, it is.  Digital or audible, the response remains the same.  It is “my number”!

 Tammy Harvey

4/18/2026