In the Baha’i Faith, the number nine carries symbolic significance. The unity and oneness of mankind is seen as one of the fundamental truths which humanity is newly mature enough to accept and cultivate in this era. As the largest one digit number, nine is, therefore, seen as the symbol of this truth.
In roughly two weeks, my wife and I will privately mark the anniversary of nine full years having passed since that night (and subsequent morning) that we spent chatting on AIM and decided to go down this road... and in another eight months or so we will mark our ninth wedding anniversary.
Nine years ago, my roommate (Asher) had to stop into work and I decided to go with him. What ensued was one of the few nights in my life when I literally did not sleep at all. Instead, I chatted with this girl I knew – first in a public radio computer bank on Purdue University campus and second in Asher’s room (the only computer we had) while he slept.
What better way to celebrate an unconventional beginning to a relationship than an unconventional, yet spiritually significant, anniversary party? We haven’t decided what we will do, precisely, but we will be treating this anniversary as one of the big ones.
THE big one, actually, so please save the date.
One can keep its paper, five its wood, and ten its tin. Gold? Diamonds? Who needs ‘em? We’ve got better.
After nine delightful years… we got soul.
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