"A happy number is defined by the following process. Starting with any positive integer, replace the number by the sum of the squares of its digits, and repeat the process until the number equals 1"
For example:
44 is happy because
4²+4²=32
3²+2²=13
1²+3²=10
1²+0²=1
44 is also happy because it is the age I will be tomorrow. And for some reason I'm really excited about it. I like how the number sounds, how it looks, and how it feels. It feels like me.
When I was 12 I looked and felt much older than my age. I could walk right into the casinos in Atlantic City with impunity. When I was 40 I looked and felt much younger than my age, which made being a newly single mother of three a slightly awkward experience. All of a sudden 44 feels right. Like the number "1" that determines if a number is happy or not, I feel whole and independent.
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