What Makes My Heart Skip A Beat?

As many of you know, Marie over at primitives by olde lady morgan is having a giveaway!  The giveaway is a bit shrouded in mystery although every now & again she gives us a little tease   : )   The giveaway rules are to (1) sign up, & (2) post on your blog what makes your heart skip a beat.

There are a lot of things I enjoy doing & a lot of things I enjoy collecting but what has always made my heart skip a beat ... & still does ... is my husband.  John & I met in high school when I was a sophomore & he was a junior.  I remember standing in the gathering area outside the cafeteria, my heart beating fast while waiting for him to come walking down the hall toward me.  I swear I would be a mass of tingles from the top of my head to the tips of my toes when he would come into view & the entire time I got to spend with him ... lol!  We never ate at the cafeteria but we went to the auditorium where kids were allowed to sit & talk while the school played music over the PA system.  John & I would sit there & talk about many things.  We dated on & off for 8 years & then got married in 1976.  I dug through some old pictures last night.  As you know, many of our things are still packed in the moving boxes we packed them in 2 years ago before moving here.  I did find a box of envelopes filled with old photos & the one I am sharing below was taken in 1979 when we were living in Florida.  I was 25 & John was 27.  This was 11 years after we met.

    

And here we are again, our most recent picture taken together which was back in 2008.   

  

We have had a lot of ups & downs over the years & have weathered many a storm ... but you know what?  When I look at him, I still see that boy that I used to wait to see walking down the hall at lunchtime ... & he can still dissolve me into a mass of tingles with just his smile.  He has always ... & will continue to always ... make my heart skip a beat.