I’ve spent years bemoaning that I ‘never win anything.’
While my friends have won everything from concert tickets to a trip to France, I couldn’t even get a $5 payback on my numerous Cash for Life tickets.
My losing streak even seemed contagious. One year at an office Christmas dinner a co-worker who was sitting beside me had her number drawn for an expensive computer scanner but lost it because she was in the washroom at the time of the draw. I couldn’t help but think it was her sheer proximity to me that caused that unlucky turn of fate.
It wasn’t until I became pregnant with my son, Nate, that my luck started to turn. At first, I thought it was just a coincidence, but now I know he really is my good luck charm.
When I was three months pregnant I bought three tickets to the Toronto Sun’s annual holiday draw. I felt good about the ticket price going towards charity but never thought for a moment I would actually win any of the prizes. I’d long given up on that.
Later that week I got a voicemail breaking the good news. Not only had one of my tickets been pulled, but two – landing me a $100 gift certificate AND theatre tickets.
A few months later I was at a friend’s wedding, sitting there feeling sorry for myself as the only sober one in the room when the DJ announced the contest for the centrepieces. The rules seemed fairly simple – he’d flip a coin – if it were heads those sitting stayed in the game – tails those standing kept on playing. Toss after toss, I kept on winning. Guest after guest kept dropping out until it was only me and my good-luck-charm-in-the-womb left in a room full of 200 people.
After my son was born we attended our first ‘Movies for Mommies’ matinee. On our way in we filled out a ballot for the door prize, a baby photo shoot. The organizer had no sooner called out “Nate and Jackie” in the theatre full of moms and babies that I was up to pick up our prize - this was becoming routine now!
But things got really exciting when the luck moved into the celebrity realm, where I’ve always had a less-than-healthy obsession.
When my little boy wonder was only three months old I left him to attend a film fest party where I found myself side-by-side my long-time Hollywood crush, Matt Damon. No coincidence, because a month later - the only time that I’d ventured out past dark since - I found myself sitting directly beside Justin Timberlake at a Yorkville restaurant. For someone who’d listened to Sexy Back her entire pregnancy and danced among pre-teen girls at one of his concerts, this was nothing short of a miracle. And it was at this point that my husband finally conceded our son yielded special powers.
Now I’m just waiting for our Super 7 win.
While my friends have won everything from concert tickets to a trip to France, I couldn’t even get a $5 payback on my numerous Cash for Life tickets.
My losing streak even seemed contagious. One year at an office Christmas dinner a co-worker who was sitting beside me had her number drawn for an expensive computer scanner but lost it because she was in the washroom at the time of the draw. I couldn’t help but think it was her sheer proximity to me that caused that unlucky turn of fate.
It wasn’t until I became pregnant with my son, Nate, that my luck started to turn. At first, I thought it was just a coincidence, but now I know he really is my good luck charm.
When I was three months pregnant I bought three tickets to the Toronto Sun’s annual holiday draw. I felt good about the ticket price going towards charity but never thought for a moment I would actually win any of the prizes. I’d long given up on that.
Later that week I got a voicemail breaking the good news. Not only had one of my tickets been pulled, but two – landing me a $100 gift certificate AND theatre tickets.
A few months later I was at a friend’s wedding, sitting there feeling sorry for myself as the only sober one in the room when the DJ announced the contest for the centrepieces. The rules seemed fairly simple – he’d flip a coin – if it were heads those sitting stayed in the game – tails those standing kept on playing. Toss after toss, I kept on winning. Guest after guest kept dropping out until it was only me and my good-luck-charm-in-the-womb left in a room full of 200 people.
After my son was born we attended our first ‘Movies for Mommies’ matinee. On our way in we filled out a ballot for the door prize, a baby photo shoot. The organizer had no sooner called out “Nate and Jackie” in the theatre full of moms and babies that I was up to pick up our prize - this was becoming routine now!
But things got really exciting when the luck moved into the celebrity realm, where I’ve always had a less-than-healthy obsession.
When my little boy wonder was only three months old I left him to attend a film fest party where I found myself side-by-side my long-time Hollywood crush, Matt Damon. No coincidence, because a month later - the only time that I’d ventured out past dark since - I found myself sitting directly beside Justin Timberlake at a Yorkville restaurant. For someone who’d listened to Sexy Back her entire pregnancy and danced among pre-teen girls at one of his concerts, this was nothing short of a miracle. And it was at this point that my husband finally conceded our son yielded special powers.
Now I’m just waiting for our Super 7 win.
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