Young love....

Do your remember all the girls or boys you dated when you were younger? I do...And every one of them I would still call 'Friend' *Well....Maybe not all of the guys that took me out...some I question...Why?* but for the most part the guys I went out with and dated were nice guys and I really would consider them as friends! But looking back, There was only 1 guy who never tried to pull anything on me-And just liked me for me. Ive known him since grade school. This guy wouldn't hold my hand-wouldn't kiss me-Wouldn't get to close...And most of all...He never talked to me as though I was just an object he wanted to have. We had the best talks, most of them early in the morning on the old fashion phone with the really long cord so I could hide in a dark corner. Here is the silly part of that-He would call and let it ring once...that was the signal for me to sneak in the other room to call him! I remember my mother would say that we had a prank caller every night that would call, let it ring just once, and then hang up. She was really getting sick of it*Sorry Mom*!
So me and this young man did this for 2years *Sorry again Mom*! Finally, our senior year in High School he asked me to Homecoming....And it finally happened-This rough and tough guy who was just a big Teady Bear asked me if he could give me a kiss..I was In shock-Really...it swept me off my feet! Just him asking for permission was enough! There is always more to a love story...the night walks-The Dad trying to get rid of  the guy-The time watching to make sure I would make it home on time(A few times I would be sprinting from one side of town to the other trying to get home on time...Good thing I could run long distances-and for nice fellow school mates that would see me and stop and tell me to get in knowing that I was going to lose my life without even asking-also being brave enough cause they would have to deal with my dad when they got me to the house-Thank you for saving me!!)Anyhow...Everyone was waiting for the break up! Then came the wedding ring...Nobody thought this was possible! Then came the wedding day-and everyone saying 'they will never make it!' Then after being married in the Mesa LDS Temple, we had our first year anniversary-And 15 months later had our first baby!! We are now going on 19 years of marriage with a few children!! Wonder if everyone still says 'They will never make it!'. We have had our up and downs. we have had our struggles and still do! But we have committed ourselves to this marriage-and we are still BEST of Friends!!
There are so many memories that I need to write down, so that our children will always know what we went through and how we still Work so very hard at this...It isn't a 50 50 kind of thing...it takes 100% from both of us!
So, here we are...And we are getting a taste of what our parents felt! Our oldest is in 'Love'! She is 17 he is 19 and is in college! They started to like each other his senior year and her Sophmore year. They started out as friends-constantly texting eachother-going on walks...barely holding hands-first kiss wasnt right away....a little de javou for The Adorable One and I! I am sure people have talked and have questioned....These KIDS have been through some up and downs-but some how they still feel that something that nobody can change or make go away! How do we handle it as parents? We try very hard to remember how we felt! And with the understanding that we can't make our daughter fall in love or not fall in love-we have placed a bunch of trust on these 2 KIDS!! We have watched them closely-The young man has been at our home....very often! We have had talks with them...We want them to be Happy...So at this point we just sit back and let them know we are 'Watching'!!
I am forever thankful for my 'Young Love'! Who never gave up on me...who still believes in me...who still thinks I'm beautiful...I love him more today than I did when we were younger!
Young Love is tough to come by now a days!
Thankful for my young love....
Smiling :0)