Friday Firsts: First Love
Friday Firsts: First Love
(Read about Red’s first over at The Naked Redhead.)
I remember him vividly. I had just woken up from having a biopsy done in the hospital, and it seemed like some force threw him into my recovery bed. I grabbed him around the next and pulled his dark body close to mine. Then, as I sucked on one of his oversized ears, I fell back to sleep.
His name was Sammy, and we went everywhere together. I loved him so, so much. I still do, actually. Lucky for me, he’s tucked safe and sound inside one of the Rubbermaid bins that are sitting inside my closet.
Huh? Oh! No…I don’t have a person stuffed in a Rubbermaid bin! Silly people of the internets. I’m talking about Sammy… my stuffed dog? The one I got when I had my kidneys biopsied when I was little? I never mentioned him before? Oh. Sorry for the confusion.
You know, if you asked me to write about my first love seven or eight years ago, I might talk about some trumpet player in some ska band. If you asked me to write about my first love ten years ago, I would talk about a wrestler/football player/meatball who was my bestfriend back then. If you asked me to write about my first love twelve years ago, I might mention a boy I met while playing softball in Virginia Beach. (Useless trivia: all three guys had the same first name. Also, they were all losers. Weird how that happened). In each instance, I would have been wrong. I would unknowingly have been telling a lie.
Josh is my first love. He’s the first guy who, after the initial excitement and passion wore off, brought new excitement and passion into my life. He’s the only guy who, after almost seven years, still makes my heart flutter when he comes home at night. He’s the only person who has ever loved me fully; not only in spite of my shortcoming and quirks, but *because* of my shortcomings and quirks. He’s my first love and my only love. The only love I’ll ever need.
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Awwww! Sniff, sniff.
Funny how things change as we get older, huh?
=)
You and Josh are AWESOME! I love you two together…