First Crush
First crushes can be exciting and yet they are uncharted territory. When did I experience my first crush? It is hard to say exactly. I remember in first grade thinking this new boy in the class was so cute, freckles all over his face, but that was short lived as he moved away the same year.
Second grade, I think, is when I met my first real crush. He had just moved to the State and he was so cute. I remember both my best friend and I have huge crushes on him. Ironically, as time went on, he and I became best of friends through grade school. We spent time at each other’s houses and he was someone I could tell anything to, until he went to a private school for a couple of years. As he came back in high school to the public school, even though our friendship did not get back to that closeness we had, those feelings I had started to feel for him in grade school – the fluttering heart, suddenly getting tongued-tied around him – were still there.
How do first crushes shape our lives? Do they make us the helpless romantics some of us tend to be, or do they make us guard our heart even more? My first crush? Well, we moved apart and didn’t stay in touch for quite a while. Then one day our paths crossed again and my best friend was suddenly back. I could tell him anything. He helped me learn to trust my heart again after a bad marriage.
I would have to say my first crush definitely made me the helpless romantic that I am, thus the writing romance, but also after some bad choices, he has made me guard my heart again. My first crush will also be a part of me and it has shaped me into the person I am today. Has your first crush done the same for you?
Author: Emma Leigh Reed
Reading Level: Adult
Release Date: September 20th 2012
Release Date: September 20th 2012
Size: 180 pages
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Jayla Ralston is running. After her apartment break in, she decided to get away from life and her overbearing twin sister. She finds the perfect Maine hide away to make some changes - The Cliffhouse Bed and Breakfast. It was perfect...until the phone calls resumed - kicking her paranoia into high gear.
Trenton Montgomery is out for revenge. It has taken him ten years to return to his childhood home. After sneaking into an empty wing to focus on his clandestine investigation, a beautiful woman shows up - causing him to feel emotions, other than anger, for the first time in a long time.
I grew up as an avid reader. I spent summers reading nonstop. As I got older I dabbled with poetry and published a few times in anthologies, but it wasn’t until a few years ago I had the courage to start writing the book I always wanted to write.
My stories deal with life issues. My first manuscript takes on the world of Autism and all the challenges it brings. Being a mom of a high functioning autistic son, I know first hand the obstacles and challenges it can bring. I enjoy writing about life experiences in a fiction world.
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I can't even remember my first crush! I had so many in elementary school, apparently I was finicky then and was able to transfer my affections easily. My little elementary school heart was a bit of a hussy ;-) I do remember my one epic high school crush - a good friend and I were mildly obsessed with him but we could never quite work up the nerve to do more than stare blatantly. Well done us:)
ReplyDeleteI don't remember my very first crush but I do remember when I was 12 and thought I was in love. He actually lived in Canada but was cousins with a friend of mine. I saw him only once or twice a year but I pretty much had a crush on him through my teenage years. It never went anywhere though. He was older and probably thought I was an idiot.
ReplyDeleteI had many other crushes at the same time though!
This book sounds very interesting!
What a fun guest post!! I remember my first crush it was on Jordan from New Kids on the Block.........LOLOLOLOLOL.
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My first crush was at bible camp, we were 10 and kissed..:)
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