First Kisses

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I should be writing about my mom- who is awesome- since she just celebrated her birthday & I wanted to tell you a little bit about her. I should also fill you on how Michael is spending his 2ND night in a toddler bed...

But I am putting those two important things aside and stealing an idea from Beth who's blog you can visit by looking down the page and to your right. She is one of my faves and her blog is the one called "sothefishsaid".

Let's talk about first kisses. She got me thinking about my first "real" kiss- which happened to be a very good one as first kisses go- and she also got me thinking about how many different kinds of "first kisses" one can have.

Let's start with the innocent ones- there was a boy named Vincent who lived across the street from me when we were both really young, like preschool age, and this kid lived to kiss me whenever possible. Of course I hated it but he was a persistent one and got his fair share.

Then I would have to skip ahead to junior high and games of spin the bottle at several different parties where I kissed multiple boys on the lips (no tongue). So that was fun but no real magic there.

Now we get to the good stuff- late Freshmen year- the first real kiss. I was at a party and for some reason a couple of us took a drive down to a local store (no drinking or smoking, I was terrified of my parents catching me). On the way home from this stupid grocery store trip, this guy I had a BIG crush on (real name Eric but everyone called him "Frog")...well, we just started kissing, the french kind. He was clearly experienced but still sweet and it was definitely a memorable moment. I still remember that butterflies in the stomach feeling.

I had some boyfriends in high school and so there were first kisses there- including the first time I kissed my husband (1990) in one of the back rows of a movie theater (Exorcist III). I can't say that was our best moment but there was definite chemistry...and here we are today, right? I think one of our best moments was when we reconnected and started dating seriously in 2000. We both knew that it was something special and I remember some of those moments because I was falling in love.

In college and the aftermath, they were some very intense relationships with some great kisses but those memories have faded with time- and were not particularly interesting.

In all honesty, I barely remember the wedding day kiss Mike and I exchanged but that entire day stands out as a wonderful, happy, joyous celebration.

One other particularly important kind of first kiss is the first kiss I gave to Michael and Liam when they were each born. I kissed each of them on the cheek first and I can still imagine the incredible newborn softness. In fact, they both still have very sweet, very plump, very SOFT cheeks...they get lots & lots of kisses. But that first moment, the moment that I fell in love, that's just got to be the best first kiss ever. If only they could remember it...