UPDATE 1/5/10 4:03PM:
(Thanks @rickwolff for this idea which could be the start of something… )
Just for kicks (or punches?), if you come across a single glove, pop it in the mail to: CultureSmith Consulting, POBox 1352, Lynchburg, VA 24503.

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Hand and Glove

That’s not a typo. Nor is this a tribute to the Tina Turner 80′s blockbuster hit “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” though admittedly, I listened to that song and the entire Private Dancer album more times than I can count – thanks to the crazed obsession my college suite mate and I shared in 1984 over that piece of vinyl. But that’s another story.

Instead, if you saw my post yesterday about my three words for 2010, you may have wondered, “What’s Glove Got to Do With It?”

In October Peter and I went to DC for a weekend away. We popped into an Eddie Bauer store to do a little shopping. I was in need of some new gloves because I had lost the Isotoner gloves I bought during Christmas 2008 to replace the beloved Isotoner gloves I had had for more than a decade.

After a little searching and a few trips to the stockroom, the salesperson returned with the perfect pair! It was a match made in heaven at the mall.

I’m a cold-natured person who thaws out in July so I began wearing my gloves immediately. I loved how cozy my fingers felt when I wore those gloves. And since they were black, they went with everything I owned. I wore them often, even in the frozen food section of the grocery store and the drafty expanse that is Sam’s Wholesale. I loved those gloves.

Past tense. Sometime during the last two weeks of December, I lost one of my Eddie Bauer gloves. Just one. It was a sad day when I realized the other glove was long gone. Nowhere to be found.

That lone glove reminds me of how difficult it is to be suddenly single. No longer part of a pair, facing life’s challenges alone. Feeling the bitter cold down to your bones.

“Glove” has everything to do with finding your fit (as in, “fits like a glove”) in the world as a result of being suddenly single. In 2010 I will share more of my own story and how that part of my story has helped shape the person I am today. And I’ll share much about God’s faithfulness during a time when I wondered if I could ever believe in anyone’s faithfulness again, let alone His.

I’m not exactly sure how all this will look, but I’ll keep you posted.

So my question to you is this:
Have you ever found yourself to be suddenly single, like a lone glove separated from the other? And if so, what was your first reaction?