Significance of 23: 23

So Whats The Deal?

23… What’s so extraordinary about it? Really, it’s just a number right? So what if it’s the same atomic number of vanadium, or maybe that Michael Jordan and Don Mattingly’s number was 23 when they both played there respective sports. Or that Julius Cesar was stabbed 23 times?  Or is it that the avogadro constant is written as 6.02214179(30) x 10^23. (10^23? Interesting…) Or is it something more? To me, 23 mean everything. Without it I don’t exist, you don’t exist. Every human has 46 chromosomes, which are 23 sex chromosomes from each parent. To me, without 23, I’m non-existent. I’m not here today.

By now your most likely thinking I’m just some insane person rambling on about a stupid number. And I wouldn’t condemn you for thinking that. But 23 is special to me because, well, without it, the 23 sex chromosomes from both my parents may have never formed to create me and who I am today and October 23^rd, 1992 could have just been another typical day. On that cold morning on October 23^rd 1992 I entered the world. At that moment, the sun stood still for just a few moments as it welcomed me into this new place I would call home. I took my first breath and braced for what my life had planned for me. And now only 18 years later, I have learned and experienced so much, that I couldn’t hold all of my life’s reminiscences to myself. I felt that I needed to share them with the rest of the world for everyone to hear. I’m Justin Martin, born on the 23^rd of October, and this is my story of who I am and how I came to be.