When I was growing up, I really looked up to my sisters. After all, they are 7 and 8 years older than I, so I thought they were really cool, getting to do all the fun stuff while I was still a little kid. I remember spying on my oldest sister one night. She had been dating her husband for a long time, but a long-running joke was how they broke up once per year every April. Well, when they broke up that April, she began dating someone else for once. My other sisters and I heard when she got home, so we were able to sneak into the garage and spy on our oldest sister while she said goodnight to her date. Naturally, they kissed, which is what we were counting on! I began invisioning kissing a future boyfriend one day, and it made me really happy to think of that time.
When I was 15, I was very active in my church's youth group. I went to all of the activities, and it was quite common for people in the youth group to begin dating one another. This one older guy (he was maybe 2 years older?) and became friends--we would talk during youth group, and hang out together. Well, one evening, as we were about to go into youth group, he pulled me aside and kissed me! It was my first true kiss! I was filled with excitement, as I had been anticipating this event for as long as I could remember.
Today, as we were driving home from VBS, Aidan informed me that he had been kissed by a girl at church yesterday. Apparently, today, he kissed her! Now, they had held hands before, but this time, they kissed each other on the cheek! I know the little girl--she was in Aidan's Pre-K class, and we are friends with her parents. According to Aidan, she told him that she wants to marry him when they grow up! My goodness--I never thought my 6-year-old would be betrothed at such a young age in this day and age! Kids grow up too fast!!!!
