So recently i was on a date... Not a FIRST date. I don't kiss on the first date, so don't get any ideas. We were sitting in a bar having fun conversation. Our conversation turned into a game. Who would you rather is what we called the game. We were taking turns picking out two people and saying who would you rather go on a date with... Then we would answer. He turned the tables on me and said... Who would you rather kiss. I looked at him and said neither. He said okay, pick someone here, who would you want to kiss. I joked, are you asking me to kiss you? He said no, pick someone. I leaned in and laid one on him. And not just a peck. When i pulled back he looked at me and said... Wow, I wasn't expecting that... Leave them speechless and wanting more...
For the last ten years, my world has revolved around my three boys. I poured everything into them, my energy, my time, my heart. I became their anchor, their safe place, their constant. And as the years passed, they grew. Not just taller or older, but more independent and confident. Little by little, I began to feel that familiar shift: they still needed me, but not in the way they once did. For the first time in a decade, I could finally breathe for myself again. I had no expectations of love finding me. My life had settled into a rhythm of responsibility and quiet strength. But then, as life often does when we least expect it, it brought someone into my world who would change everything. A man finding love after loss. A man who loved deeply, truly, wholeheartedly before. Instead of feeling intimidated by the depth of his past, I found myself moved by it. The way he speaks of love, the way he honors what he once had, only makes me feel closer to him. It shows the kind of heart he...
An unexpected kiss is always nice.
ReplyDeleteMark, i think he agreed!
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