Strawberry Wine and Seventeen

And who doesn't think of "Strawberry Wine"  especially during Summer Time.  One of my all time favorite is this catchy, tasty and delicious tune of Strawberry Wine by the enticing voice of Deana Carter.  Sings of young innocent love at 17, banks of the river, well hidden paths and the Hot July moon.  It is the first of July after all to-day and I can't sleep simply because the heat is distracting and we have no air conditioning.    

At 17, most girls go through that first love that they can't quite forget when they grow old.  Not that they aren't over it, but that "first taste of love" leaves somewhat of an everlasting "bittersweet" memory of the feeling itself.  To some the taste and then the other is the "lost of innocence." 

Isn't this how young teen age love feels like.   The curiosity and the longing of a freshly discovered love.  "WE found love growing wild..."  It is a time of excitement and anxiousness.  Anxious to know and experience more.  Undecided whether to stay within the boundaries or give in and let it all go up in flame.  Oh to be so young, innocent and in love.  So fresh, innocent and new. 

 "My biggest fear was September when he had to go."   Most love at 17 never works out.  Too young to settle down.  Goals, plans can put distance between love.  Through the years though, you still REMEMBER.  At seventeen, 30 seems so ancient.  Now at almost 50 it seemed like so long ago and we long for 30 again.  I don't know about 17 though.   "Fields have grown older now...there's nothing time hasn't touch..."  Life happens and we can only look back with a smile and every now and then remember what love felt like at 17.  The memories always at the tip of our minds.  "Funny how those memories they last." 

"Year after year I come back to this place, just to remember the taste..." 


 In love simply with the feeling of love itself.  Nothing beats the feeling of love at 17. 
It's like "Strawberry Wine".   I've never tasted wine and never will but "Strawberry Wine"  seems to be the perfect description of love at Seventeen.  Gets one all tipsy, wild eyed and willing to taste and take that daring step to the unknown.  Then drift away "like the leaves in the Fall".  Left with memories to go back to in this journey of life.  We relive our lives in our minds.  Even way back to when we were once 17.  I love listening to this song.  Makes me want to time travel sometimes.