First kisses and art
September 29th, 2011
Kedron and I have enjoyed hearing the stories come home from school recently. Little Miss has a very good friend who happens to be a boy. He’s super sweet and apparently has a crush on her. The other day she came home from school and announced, “K told me he loved me and kissed me ...
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Young Love Letters – part 25
March 14th, 2011
We talked about marriage consistently through the fall semester, and the closer we got to Christmas break, the more we dreaded the looming summer separation. Over Christmas break, Ked came down to Lima for a few days. The details are fuzzy with age, but I remember going out one evening and having a long talk ...
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Young Love Letters – Part 21
March 8th, 2011
The spring semester was filled with anticipation and emotion. After surviving the hurdles of our first semester together and figuring out our relationship with the realities of day-to-day life and the pressures of school, we were more sure than ever of our future life together. With that surety, the level of physical attraction increased, as ...
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Young Love Letters – Part 12
February 20th, 2011
At some point during the fall I was able to confess to Ked that although I wanted to wait to kiss, he would not be my first kiss. It had taken me awhile to work up the courage to admit it to him, and I wanted to have the conversation face-to-face. I feared that he ...
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Young Love Letters – Part 11
February 19th, 2011
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7,Part 8,Part 9, Part 10, Ked was always so good about replying quickly, especially when a big issue was on the table. To kiss or not to kiss. That was the question. I had answered. Had I driven him away? 12-3-94 Dear ...
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Young Love Letters – Part 10
February 18th, 2011
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7,Part 8,Part 9, My heart pounded as I read the letter about kissing. My cheeks flushed, and I was thankful for the privacy of my pink bedroom. He wanted to kiss me! I wanted to kiss him too. But there was a ...
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Young Love Letters – Part 9
February 17th, 2011
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7,Part 8, Our fledgling relationship began to take flight through these letters. Even though we were both busy with school, youth group, work, and college preparations, the length and depth of our letters increased through the months. We shared hopes, dreams, fears, ...