Raisinet Flavored Kisses

An apology to the Boy Who Will Remain Nameless:  You caught me by surprise.  If I had known you were going to screw up your courage and do THAT at that very moment - deliver to me my very first kiss in the dark balcony of the Warner Theater on a Saturday afternoon - I would not have shoved almost a whole box of Raisinets into my mouth right before you planted one on me.  I know.  I was just as stunned as you when I gagged and coughed in surprise, and spewed chocolate and raisin chewed juice all over you, me and the balcony railing.  Forty years later, I’m apologizing and hoping that, even though you never tried to kiss me again, you went on and got it right with the next girl. 

I guess most people don’t consider March 24th, National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day, as a Day of Atonement in the strictest sense, but I have sort of felt bad about this.  Whew!  Apology delivered, I can go on and not have that flashback every time I open a box!