First love

Ah first love . We’ve all experienced it at least one time in our lifetime. It’s all new,sweet and shiny. You feel like your floating on air, your face hurts from smiling all the time and your heart is just overflowing with thoughts of this new love. Watching this unfold is so endearing. As a Mom of a young teenager, I was almost dreading the day when they would come to me and say they were in love. Of course I know this is just puppy love driven by raging hormones, and this will not be the only time they experience this emotion.

This is all part of growing up and as a Mom seeing this first hand is a little bittersweet. Although It’s amazing to watch my child go from being into Sponge Bob Square Pants, to having deep conversations with me about life and what could be out there for them when they go off to college. The bittersweet part of this is, although they are feeling in love at the moment, they are young and this will come to an end at some point. Then it will be their first heartbreak and that will be a whole different difficult experience for them that I will help them walk through.

In my life time I’ve definitely had “First Loves”, crushes and even infatuations, and yes I’ve had my heart broken a time or two. Now in my 50’s being in love has so much for meaning and can feel so much more hopeful. It’s the connecting with someone who is wiser and aware of what is meaningful to them. It’s finding your person, imagining sharing your over 40 life with that special someone. Can you still experience the same joy and excitement that you felt as a teenager, I believe you can. So my Bedroom Beasts, for those of you who are thinking you’re done, that your time has past, that your ready to throw in the towel, just pause for a moment and realize that love can be found over 40 , over 50, over 60 and so on. When you least expect it your person might just come into your life and you will once again feel that amazing excitement of a first love.