Ah romance!
Nothing is better to “wile away the hours” than thoughts of a new love. At times like this my thoughts race back to the first time I recall being in love, albeit through the eyes of a five year old.It was at the age of five that I first felt the unexplainable, sometimes unsettling, feeling of the affects a woman could have on me. She was a younger girl by about a year or so, her name was Rueha (Roo-ha).I don’t recall anything more than a kiss on the cheek from her during one visit while I was sick with the mumps, but each time we played together I was always smitten by her cute smile and tender way towards me.Once we moved I never knew what became of her, obviously the big people gave little thought to our storied romance. Read the rest of this entry »