For all the people (mostly women) who dearly cherishes the memories of their ‘first love’, this article might take them down the memory lane and bring back that long lost shy and innocent smile back on their faces. At least it did to me and reason why I’m sitting down to write this. Maybe it has got something to do with the month of February…there’s love in the air and song in the heart! Suddenly while carrying on with the household chores today an old memory, like a naughty child happy to be out of the confine of its mother’s protecting arms peaked into my mind. I stood still for a moment…and smiled.
Ohh…it seems like it all happened in a different life…so far far away from now. Being 16 is the best thing that can happen to anyone.
Every 16 year old though begs to differ! It is a time of life when, you are a rebel, your head is dizzy with dreams and your eyes full of hope. You want to cry at the drop of a hat, but hide your tears from the world. At this juncture in life when someone gives you the much-needed shoulder to cry on, he becomes your ‘Knight in shining armor’. Life suddenly becomes ‘less-troubled’ and a glimpse of your ‘Chocolate soldier’ makes you forget all the worries. How simple was life and non-complicated were the ways of the mind.
It was the time when to forget your heartaches and problems all you needed was a smile from your Prince Charming. The hassles of nicotine, ayurvedic massages, yoga or meditation belonged to a different planet. Your planet just revolved around ‘the time spent with him, while bunking maths tuition’ or ‘the stolen glance exchanged at the bus stop’. Every line in ‘Mills & Boon’ seemed like its taken from your life…and you seem to be forever in love. And then there were the series of ‘first-times’ ….first time he said how good you look…first time he ‘accidentally’ touched your arms….first time you held hands.
Years down the line many might not remember the last name of their ‘Rhett Butler’, but they will always remember the feeling. The feeling of your spirits soaring high when you sat on his bike, your arms carefully encircling him, and your head on his shoulder. My spirits didn’t reach that high even when I sat on the flight for the first time. The sudden rush down the spine, and the goose bumps are precious because they only happen when you are in love for the first time. Many might cringe their nose and say that, 16 is too early to fall in love. I agree.
But 16 is never to early to ‘fall in love with Love’....
