"You always remember your first kiss."
Do you? Really?
I haven't a clue about my first kiss. I have no recollection of that historic milestone. Was it with my first boyfriend? I don't think so, and if it had been, I don't remember kissing him either.
Perhaps I'm just not very good at firsts, or at least first kisses. My reaction to kissing someone for the first time is immediately thinking, "This feels weird."
I do, however, remember my first car, my first cat, my first roller coaster ride; all the important things that have nothing to do with romance.
I don't remember my first hangover either. Another magical moment whisked away by time and a faulty memory.
2015 was a year of firsts for me, some very important yet not entirely pleasant firsts that have changed everything.
It was also a year of lasts, some very important lasts, that have also changed things. It made me think about the things that happen to us every day, the things we barely notice, or struggle through, or take for granted. That sometimes we need to look at those things and realize that they may not last. Or that they don't have to.
So if you can't remember your first kiss, or conversation, or fight, or hang gliding accident, or tetanus shot, don't worry. Just remember the last one. The lasts are where the lessons are.
Do you? Really?
I haven't a clue about my first kiss. I have no recollection of that historic milestone. Was it with my first boyfriend? I don't think so, and if it had been, I don't remember kissing him either.
Perhaps I'm just not very good at firsts, or at least first kisses. My reaction to kissing someone for the first time is immediately thinking, "This feels weird."
I do, however, remember my first car, my first cat, my first roller coaster ride; all the important things that have nothing to do with romance.
I don't remember my first hangover either. Another magical moment whisked away by time and a faulty memory.
2015 was a year of firsts for me, some very important yet not entirely pleasant firsts that have changed everything.
It was also a year of lasts, some very important lasts, that have also changed things. It made me think about the things that happen to us every day, the things we barely notice, or struggle through, or take for granted. That sometimes we need to look at those things and realize that they may not last. Or that they don't have to.
So if you can't remember your first kiss, or conversation, or fight, or hang gliding accident, or tetanus shot, don't worry. Just remember the last one. The lasts are where the lessons are.
