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 20
Get caught up here! Gradually, daily life began to wear on us, and we had to figure out how our relationship worked in proximity. I was thankful that we had such a solid foundation of trust and respect to build on. Since I have always been the more verbal, speak-before-thinking, social half of the pairing, […]
Young Love Letters – part 13
Get caught up on the series here! We managed to arrange a visit in my hometown between Christmas and New Year’s. It helped tremendously to have parents who were overly supportive of our relationship and the need to see each other occasionally. Ked spent a few days at my house over the break, and when […]
Young Love Letters – Part 3
In case you missed the previous installments… Part 1 Part 2 July 19-23, 1993 proved to be an exciting week. My family and four of my friends from our church clown troupe headed to the conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Sidenote- one of the four that attended with us was a very sweet guy whom […]
Young Love Letters – part 1
The weather that early July day the summer I was sixteen was likely sunny and humid as most Ohio July days are. But the weather is a miniscule detail long forgotten. The only thing that mattered that day was the letter. As my Mom slipped the envelope in my hand, the world stood still, as […]