Numbers and numbness
3.120.2700.54. 9. All these numbers hold a meaning. But let me start at the beginning, because they will make more sense that way. Estes Park, CO is a beautiful place. It sits about 7500 feet above sea level, and on a good night,without the moon shining, you can see what seems like a million shooting stars. So one August night, curled up in a blanket to shield myself from the cool mountain breeze, as a star fell across the sky, I shut my eyes tight, held my breath and I wished for another life to join our family. I laughed off my wish as quickly as the star faded from the sky, because honestly as beautiful as the star streaming across the sky was, I knew that a wish is just that... a wish. We had a great vacation, but by the end of the vacation the altitude was certainly getting to me.. and me me wonder. Was it the altitude, or was it the magical shooting star flaming out across the sky carrying my wish with it? And the day we got home from vacation, we learned that my wish (