TODAY IS FRIDAY THE 13TH
2026-03-13
As I was hanging up some clothes at the Takanawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, I noticed the cleaning tag was a #3. We remarked, “Today is 10/3! But at least our room is on the 14th floor.” The next morning we got on the elevator and noticed, there was no 13th floor. We were actually on the 13th floor!
Suki is catching a snow ball.
Today, March 13, 2026, is another remarkable Friday! It’s been snowing all morning so we’re home enjoying the view and our dog is loving it and has been playing out on our deck all morning. It’s the only snow we’ve had this winter in Seattle.
In our Sam Goto family, 13 (1 & 3), are numbers that have highlighted our whole existence. With numerology Sam is #3 and I’m #1.
One evening In 1960, when Sam and I first started dating, I was studying for my Public Health Nursing degree at Sam’s office while he was working late at his 1438 Medical Dental Building office in downtown Seattle. He mentioned, “I was born on Friday the 13th.”
That year, the Seattle phone book had calendars from many years. Looking up the Friday’s on the 13th, I found January was the one in 1933. We labeled it a “serendipity, meant to be together” because my birthdate was January 14th.
Ten years into our marriage, in 1971, we decided to go to Japan and had 3 weeks to make the arrangements. We went in person to the 10th floor of the King County courthouse to get a copy of Sam’s birth certificate for the Visa and could’t believe what was on the certificate!
Sam’s certificate reads, “Born on January 13, 1933, @ 3am at 1303 Washington Street, 3rd child of a mother 23 and father 33 with a Route 3 address in Renton Washington.
As I was hanging up some clothes at the Takanawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, I noticed the cleaning tag was a #3. We remarked, “Today is 10/3! But at least our room is on the 14th floor.” The next morning we got on the elevator and noticed, there was no 13th floor. We were actually on the 13th floor!
Sam passed on December 31st!