No, not that 44 -- the age 44. I am turning (along with Sarah Jessica Parker) the grand age of 44 today. It's a palindrome. It's redundant. It's quadrennial. It's a multiple of lucky 11. It's a cool number.
It represents each and every year I have walked upon this earth. Every year I have been blessed to live in the greatest country in history. Every year I have had the great privilege to know my mother and father. Why would I want to deny any single one of them?
Each year has had its good and bad -- and when I press myself to think about it, the good so greatly outnumbers the bad... Hell, I have been graced with each and every one of these years. It would be foolish to be ungrateful for any of them.
So I gladly embrace my 44 years of age. Life is too precious -- grab on to the good things and give thanks.
This is what popped up when I searched Google images for "44" -- it's Messier 44, also known as the Beehive Cluster, an open cluster of stars that is approximately 580 light years distant. Yep, 44 is cool.
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