Remember what crush butterflies feel like?
Sparking all over the place, in the flesh or online – in your head, in your heart or in your throat. They’re
palpable and you feel as if you could reach down into your soul and touch them. But what happens when those sparks are one sided? Or when someone feels sparks for two people at the same time?
Lately I can’t seem to get this idea of sparks out of my head. What are they? And how can you tell if you’re both feeling them?
My case in point.
Last weekend Benjamin and I found a Brio train table, complete with the tracks and the trains at a garage sale. The price? $75.00. I had to buy it. But how would I move it? I looked at my tiny Ford Focus, my tiny and grumpy little man and then at the two nice guys at the sale. Bingo.
“I’ll take it if you can deliver it. I just live right around the corner.”
They were more than happy to help and during the moving process one of them was being particularly attentive. He had blond hair, big blue eyes, a fantastic smile and a bare left finger. Before they left he invited Benjamin and I to stop by anytime, “You know where I live!” He seemed interested… but I wasn’t. [click to continue…]
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