Sisters and other people in your life.

“I got the first kiss and she'll get the last

She's got the future, I got the past

I got the class ring, she got the diamond and wedding band

I got the boy, she got the man.”

No matter which side of the aisle you fall on, when love goes bad, there’s nothing to do but wonder what if things had not gone in that direction? First loves are the ones that prove you have a heart—if it breaks sometime later, it again reconfirms it’s still there. 

But we move on; we have to. Regardless of what we believe at that moment, there is someone out there who can help you move on to the next level of happiness. I know it all too well…I am sure the readers of “Snap.Shot.” and others do as well. If not, reach out, push forward, and do what you have to do to bring your life into a better place.

When I think back, I look at the people who came into my life and “took residence” into a very vulnerable part of my body—my heart. It’s never easy to lend or give it to someone, especially in today’s world of “forever after” which means a lot of different things then it did at one point. But when you do, and they take good care of it, there is no better feeling.

I cannot say for sure, but it seems when couples hit their 40s, life seems to take on a different level. We are beyond school, often we have seen our children grow to a point where they don’t need us the way they once did (spoiler alert--they do, but they think they don’t) and we wonder what’s next on the horizon?

It seems at this point we are truly exposed again to the person we have spent many years with; for so many of our friends it’s better. It’s very painful to watch when it’s not.

No matter what lies in the future, looking backward at past romances is never the same of what is remembered. The heart that was loaned, and given to another human being, is still yours. I am so thankful I entrusted it with someone who takes care of it with love.

The photo above is of two of our daughters. Although they are technically “half sisters,” you can be assured, they don’t look at one another that way. Together, they not only have the past, but they have the future of caring about one another as being family and creating memories together.

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