100 Words or Less About Love

One of the things I’m starting to do a bit more is “meet” other moms and dads who blog. As it’s called social media for a reason, I’m going to start sharing more about that community here.

The blog Dad at the Chalkboard issued a writing challenge this week, to write 100 non-fiction words inspired by a word he supplied. This week was love. Below are my 93 words. Check his blog this week to see what other moms and dads had to say.

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I knew love when I rode a bike for the first time.

I knew love when I played baseball and my team made the playoffs.

I knew love when I acted in a school play.

I knew love sitting on the floor of a bookstore, reading while my mother shopped.

I knew love the first time I heard The Replacements and The Smiths.

I knew love when I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark 11 times in the theater.

I got married and had a son.

And realized I didn’t know love until then.