I had been kissed a number of times, passionately in fact, but this kiss was very different. I was sitting in a car from the early 70's and it was the mid 80's. It was a kind of classic muscle car, a Chevy Monte Carlo and I was about to have my first kiss with the man who would someday be my husband.
We were in the alley way of my apartment building, an old pre war, yellow brick, fortress, one of many similar in this old, tree lined, neighborhood. As he leaned in for the big moment, I tilted my head, just right. I thought. Our teeth knocked. Really. Considering two of the teeth being knocked had a porcelain and gold cap from my youth, I was a bit tentative amidst the laughter of the first, 'peck'. We survived, the teeth survived and the rest is history.
I made this drawing as a thank you card for friends and family who attended our wedding vow renewal on our 10th anniversary. It was after a photograph in a magazine which I thought was romantic.
At our wedding we had a non a capella singing group perform music that included our favorite song during the cocktail hour. This is a clip of the Billy Joel song, here performed by him, that the group called Rapid Transit sang. Many years later I had them perform again at a fundraising event in their new incarnation Holiday Harmony Strolling Carolers, seen around the town and at the local Lawry's. The thing is we found the song, 'For the Longest Time' to be one which described our path to romance, this particular romance very well. Time is so swiftly passing, but this song conjures us up very well. Everytime we hear it, even now, we stop, smile, share it with each other, apart, we call, together, we kiss. I thought after reading a few posts the last few days about romance, love, marriage, and also slugging through Eat, Pray, Love and not being very far out of the Italian section yet, I would like to share this with you all.
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Loved this and the drawing.
Rated with hugs
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l'Heure Bleue: I was so proud of that drawing. A few weeks back I was driving myself nuts trying to find it. I tend to be a bit disorganized about some things. They are put away, but WHERE? So I was thrilled to put my hands on it the other day. About the kiss, we seem to want to kiss each other at the oddest times, we kiss in front of our kids and sometimes it seems to give us just enough energy to get through another day of 'stuff'.
Linda: I am so happy for you! I felt like it took me years too, and many false starts. I felt like the original "Goodbye Girl", in the respect that my love life always seemed to be a calamity. Maybe 'Calamity Jane'? Anyway I finally figured myself out so I finally got the whole thing and he just magically appeared.
Fay: Thank you, I always loved the dress on this girl, rich pattern, fitted and just cool. Thank you too for saying I am talented. I have the, this isn't good enough, complex. It really took a lot for me to through this up there. I was wishing I had done this part, that part, different, etc. You know how dumb that is so many, many years later to still be nit-picking a piece of work. That is my problem. The quest for imagined perfection....perfection that doesn't even exist!
Dave: I think you have a very romantic heart, your dedication to poetry puts you as a bard in my book. You are the wandering minstrel, appreciating and encouraging the re-birth of romance in many hearts.
Lawless: Thank you so much. I really need to get back to my drawing and painting. I keep saying that, I was talking to some OS'ers about that, so I have to organize my time to get to it. I think I will have some time this coming fall, with all the kids going back away to school. I am actually getting excited about the time I might be having!
Jon: That is really amazing. I tell you, we are twins.....Also during dinner we had a combo group from a restaurant called Arnies. It was kind of a smooth, mellow sound. We danced to Casablanca's As Time Goes By, written by Herman Hupfeld, I sang along as we danced. I should dig out a picture.
And that drawing ... wow! Very good!
Kate: Thank you, I think that romance is a kind of key to layers of happiness. I can still remember drawing that with kids swarming all around and feeling pretty good that it ended up kind of decent. Ha.
Rated.
We celebrate our 25th this year, and I'm stuck on what to do. (I can't draw, btw.)
Barbara: We were an extraordinary oddity. We met, did business together, became friends and after a year, decided to date. We then
married 10 months later. It was quite a story for us!