Through The Tulips Words of 'Wiz'dom

Today has been one of those busy days where I’ve felt that I’m running behind schedule all day. The reason for that is probably because I slept late this morning, but it did make things better when I could start my work day earlier than usual, so I’m now finished and actually have time to answer the question for today.

Day 2- Describe your first love in great detail.

When I saw this question, I honestly had to pause and think about who I was going to write about. The reason being is because I couldn’t decide if I was going to write about the first guy who ever wrote me a love note (Victor Hill, who wrote it to me when I was in kindergarden), or several others who I have loved along the way when I was younger.

I ended up chosing the first person that was actually my first serious boyfriend and someone I spent a year and a half with when I was starting at age 14. He was the first person to ever give me a ‘promise ring’ (and no not the last) and someone who I actually ended up dating a second time (years later), after we ran in to each other at Wal-Mart of all places.

His name is Gino, and we met at a church lock-in at Dauphinway Baptist Church in Mobile, AL. Neither one of us were Baptist, but the lock-in was held by many different churches, and ours both happened to be there. I thought he would fall for my friend Lynda, because she was the prettier of the two of us, and it seemed that all the guys loved her. As it turns out, that wasn’t the case. He asked for my number and that began our year and a half relationship.

Gino and I went to different schools and we lived about a half hour apart so we didn’t see each other often. Neither one of us drove at that time and getting together meant one of our parents bringing us to the other’s home. That did happen though. Gino played football at the high school where he went, and needless to say, I was present at all the home games, and at some of the away. He was and still is fairly short, but he is a big guy and like most guy’s playing football back in the day, he spent lots of time in the gym.

Gino loves to have a good time and is always teasing someone. I don’t remember why we broke up the first time (or the second for that matter) but I do remember that he broke my heart back in the day- (the first time- the second, I don’t remember caring that much).

Oddly, almost 20 years have passed and we recently made contact again on Facebook. We’ve become friends and in spite of the different directions that our lives have taken, we have both found that some things never change- like the fact that he is still a jokester and loves having a great time.

He’s divorced and recently met someone who means a great deal to him. I’m very excited for him and hope that this relationship will be someone that he can spend the rest of his life happily with. I hope that we have the opportunity to see him and meet her when we’re home. It will be great to catch up face to face.