We met on a 7th-grade field trip. Twenty years later, I secretly recreated it and we rekindled our romance.
The author and her husband met in 7th grade.
Courtesy fo the author My husband and I met on our seventh-grade field trip to a local amusement park.
Twenty years later, I planned a surprise trip back to the park.
It was the best we've felt since having a baby last year.
According to my childhood diary, I met my husband on our seventh-grade field trip to Canobie Lake Park — a local theme park , an hour north of Boston.
From the Ferris wheel overlooking the freshwater lake to the 90-year-old wooden coaster called the Yankee Cannonball, it would be hard to find a more idyllic spot for a middle school meet-cute in New England.
The author and her husband went to school together.
Courtesy of the author We weren't childhood sweethearts .
We didn't start dating until our late 20s, but despite the sweeping romance we had reconnecting and getting married, we fell into a postpartum blur after having a baby.
As we adjusted to our new lives, romance kept falling down the priority list until it practically flatlined.
But with the 18-month mark around the corner, I was ready for a comeback, and my husband absolutely did not see it coming.
Postpartum romance takes a village Luckily, my parents offered to watch our daughter on many weekend afternoons, to give us time off.
Yet left alone, we defaulted too easily to catching up on work and home improvement projects .
We needed friends to shake us out of Mom-and-Dad mode.
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