Back to the Bench Where We Had Our First Kiss
I was driving through a familiar neighborhood the other day when a scene from the window nudged me to pull aside for a closer look. I'd noticed an oak-shaded median graced by a park bench—the spot where, more than three decades earlier, my wife and I shared our first kiss.
We live in a copiously curated age. The pursuit of romance often requires a lot of strategy to find the ideal backdrop for a post on Facebook or Instagram. But I didn't plan that park bench as the site of a sea change in my personal profile. It just happened to be there when my life took a lucky turn.
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