Mrs. Singleton: 29 Angels

And here I thought Mrs. Daulton’s 2012END license plate was a bit on the kookifried side.

A comment posted here on Mrs. Singy by “jik2” asked if I would explain the meaning of our SUV’s license plate - 29ANGLS - which s/he once spotted in Syracuse, New York, as Ken exited from the car. (Ken had been attending a Chiefs Triple-A baseball game when our son Justin had played in the Toronto Blue Jays system.)

I never meant to confuse anyone with my vanity plate into thinking that the number 29 and the word angels corresponded to a baseball player on a Los Angeles team. It doesn’t of course; rather it’s a combination of Ken’s jersey number and my passion and belief in celestial beings. Angels decorate our lawn, our home, me, and The Angelmobile - the nickname with which I’ve christened our Nissan Armada.

It was also the name of a small business I began in 1997 when I self-published a theme gift-giving book (Clever Gift Giving) and merged our two passions to create Twenty-Nine Angels Publishing. Although I moved along after three books (also Clever Party Planning and Clever Costume Creating for Halloween), I kept the license plate because of its double and special significance.

Comical how people furrow their brows trying to figure it out - they almost never do. Even if they remember 29 was Ken’s number, they say, “Wait, he never played for the Angels.”

Exactly.