Nine years ago today I parked my car off Woodland Avenue and walked up the street to Ramsey's to meet Josh for the first time. He sat on the bench just outside the door. Butterflies struck me even though we had been talking first by email and then by phone for the previous two weeks.
We were seated at the top of the stairs to the left. We had a nice, though nervous, lunch. I noticed that he still tilted his head to the side; my memory of first seeing him when he was in 6th grade and I was in 8th grade coming back to me and that little boy lost in a sea of people heading to the gym to wait for the bus. But he stood out. Maybe he was supposed to on that day.
We tried to browse the shops in the triangle but since it was Sunday most were closed. We then moved to CD Central and learned more about each other's music tastes, which were quite different, but found common ground on liking to find new bands. I was on the rock side, he was on the alt country side, so we got to introduce each other to bands we each never would have found on our own.
We then moved to the arboretum and spent the remainder of our day there, walking around and finally ending up on a bench by the koi pond. We talked and talked and talked. We kept talking about music and the concerts we went to which was my main activity at that time. You could find me in a music club most every weekend, but never the same music club he was in. We talked about our families, friends, things we liked to do, and also religion. He actually agreed with me on religion. I knew this guy was special. Late in the day he kissed me and that was my last first kiss. May 16, 2004 my life changed and brought me everything I had been yearning for for so, so long. He is perfect for me.
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