Sunday, December 15, 2013

Swing-shift Kisses


Like every princess, they have their prince charming. Like some mothers, they have their husband. And whenever they show their love, it is with a kiss. That is how their kids learn and began to cherish love.
My own experience support Scott Saalman’s idea that the kiss his parents give should be cherished. From what I have experienced, my parents were a little different from Saalman’s. The one thing I remember from my parents was that kiss they would give each other every morning when my father or mother would go off to work. I would always watch them say goodbye to each other with a nice kiss but it was always a quick one. Saalman said he had a bad love life at one point in his life. I also, had a few bad experiences but I've have learned to look back at that kiss from my parents. Saalman experience his parents love life and it’s was a beautiful one. Now that he was older and learned to look back at it, he affirms that the love is still strong. Unlike my parents, even though it is all over for them, they have taught me well. I will always thank my parents for that kiss they shared.  I will always cherish it just like Saalman learn to do.
According to Scott Saalman, in the essay “Swing-shift Kisses”, love should be cherished. He stops what he is doing and watches the kiss his parents give each other. Saalman’s father has a routine of when he touches lips with her. One week at 3:15 pm, another week, at 8:15 am, and at 11:15 pm. As he gets ready for work, Saalman’s mother prepared his lunched. Once he was ready, she would tiptoe and was ready for the smooch. Once Saalman turned Forty-five and he had gone through his love life, he began to repeat his parents kiss in his head. He learned to believe in that one kiss and have hope that one day his life would be as his parents. http://thisibelieve.org/essay/49173/
            Next time you are with your partner, or see ones relationship going off good, remember that if you cherish it, you will have a successful love life. Even if you do not have a love one, you will have that in mind that love should always be cherished in order to have a awesome relationship. 

1 comment:

  1. Hey, thanks for hyping my essay! Glad it resonates with you. -- Scott Saalman

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