Yeah.

Mine was Stairway to Heaven.

No kidding. Awkward longest slow dance song in the entire universe that ends up rocking? Yeah, no kidding that was my first slow dance.

I was a late bloomer, very late… hardly shy but EXTREMELY insecure when it came to, came to…boys. (Eegads!) For most of my middle school years I hid from the boys during slow songs so I wouldn’t have to feel sad when no one asked. Better to avoid…

DEAR GOD  I HAD THIS AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR PERSONALITY SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCES WITH BOYS?

Yep.

Old habits die…never.

ANYHOW in HIGH SCHOOL (dance in the cafeteria) when a nice boy (who was a friend) asked me to dance, um, a slow dance. Um…sure, right?

But for the fact it was STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN.

6 minutes in I knew it was a memory that would last a lifetime.

And here I am. Listening to Led Zeppelin psyching myself up for the concert with the BPO this Friday and all I can think of is that awkward slow dance.

Betcha can’t guess who the boy was?

In fact, I wonder if HE even knows he was my first slow dance. (He might now after seeing this post.)