Mason. And his birthday was September 9th. ;)

I was twelve. (Good Lord, was that just over twenty years ago?) We were at my aunt's house in Lake Tahoe for summer vacation, and my cousin Pete brought a couple of his friends up with him. They both asked me to go steady, and I had to choose. (Feast or famine, baby...story of my life. It helped that I was the only girl around for miles. ;))

Anyway, we fished for crawdads under the dock (and I think he would've kissed me then if Pete and Kenny hadn't kept poking their heads under to see if we were kissing *eyeroll*). He did finally kiss me, twice. When he left he gave me his teddy bear and left the Queen of Hearts playing card in my suitcase for me to find.

Our song was "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News.

P.S. A few years ago I googled him out of pure curiosity, and actually found him! I dropped him a quick email, to which he replied, "Wow, great to hear from you! I was just telling my wife about you the other day." :)

OK, I must go listen to cheesy 80s music now. Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane!