I Remember My First Kiss

@sillyfire yeah and lick your wounds🤭lol

@SW-User and there were many

@sillyfire tjis time it was😔

@sillyfire Thanks. I guess the teachers who saw us kissing in the hallway thought that, too. I used to see them smile when we walked each other by the hand to each other's lockers. I was the only girl in the whole class who was invited to an otherwise-all-boy's birthday party.

@MaryJanine That was great. Are you still friends after all these years?

@sillyfire I ran into him last about two weeks before he moved out of the neighborhood. His mother was dying of dementia and he was going to sell the house. He didn't say where he was going and I didn't think to ask, and he said something about disconnecting his PC. It made me feel sad and I guess he saw that, because he said suddenly, "Give me a hug."

What followed was the "bestest" thing in hugs, long, strong, and passionate. I can still feel it today in my mind.

This is my lingering memory of a boy who was dark-haired, dark-eyed, and loved me passionately to the last. I wish he would go back online so we could reconnect.