I met Jack, my male "Bestie" when he moved into the neighborhood. He was a sharp kid with a fast line and a wild sense of humor that belied his young age. We were both 14 at the time and my voice had just gone from soprano to baritone. A year after we were hanging out his grandma became a widow and moved in with Jack and his mom. Jack's dad had also passed some years earlier. Jack was so young he scarcely recalled him,

When I met his grandmother I lost my breath because she was so vividly female and there was an air of magnetic lustiness around her. Her hair was silver going to white and beautifully done in a short cut.

She stared deeply into my eyes. We never spoke more than a few words but I knew from early on that she was going to introduce me to the word of sex. She eventually did and then some. I was her sexual protege all during college and we eventually were deeply in love. She was 44 years older then me but it never mattered. I had gone through Navy ROTC so I had to stop seeing her so often when I was commissioned and activated.

She passed not long after that but she will always live in my heart. Don't let age differences keep you from a full life.