Sealed with a Kiss

So last night we spent a good amount of time kissing. Very nice kissing. Soft kissing. Romantic kissing.

Because kissing is among my all time favorite things to do with you, it made me wonder. Why do people kiss? When did it start? How do we rank?

Kissing it turns out is a biblical thing. It was a means of confirmation of your faith. The first kisses were simply nothing more than "pecks on the cheek". Over time it grew into something far more intimate. It grew into something used as a means to express love, affection, joy, friendship or passion. Hundreds of years after the peck on the cheek craze, people started pressing their lips together. From there it was well, nothing short of a miracle.

Kissing is more intimate than almost any display of affection. The obvious reason is that it is mouth to mouth and very little is more personal than ones mouth. However, the real reason is that a kiss is the perfect meshing of many of he best senses. The sense of touch, smell and taste. Literally the 3 most sensual of all of the senses. So kissing is essentially designed to be intimate.

So now at the. History lesson is over, I find myself wondering how we rank in terms of kissing.

First of all we have some memorable kisses.

Our first kiss is an event worth talking about at any time. It is almost story book. Neither of us expected it. Neither of us planned it. But neither of us could avoid it. It was a rare moment where two people had a moment that may have changed their lives forever. Just think if we hadn't kissed on that first date. Would there have been a second date? Would we have just assumed we were friends? You should know that you are the only first date, first kiss of my entire life. I never had that kind of courage. I never felt so at ease to make that move as I did with you on at night.

We have the kiss in the streets of Chicago in what remains an almost surreal moment. In my mind it replays like a movie scene. The lights found us just right, the mist in the background, the music playing behind us. Much of that may not have really been there, but in my head it replays that way.

Our kiss when we "got hitched". While it was a quickie it sealed something perfect, so it has to be mentioned.

The next question is "are we good at kissing"? I have watched a Tom of movies and TV. Seen a lot of people kiss over the years. And frankly none come close. Our kisses are soft. Our kisses are passionate. Our kisses have love in them. We don't slobber on each other. We don't force tongues where they shouldn't be shoved. We simply kiss. At the point we kiss we mesh perfectly. At the time we kiss, i never feel better.

So tonight when i walk in the Door, i plan on kissing you. Because a) walking through the door kisses are some of the best and b) I know it will be an awesome event.

After 22+ years we still have so much to offer each other. Kissing is still at or near the top of the list.

You're the world to me. I love you more than anything in the world.