Kissing Connections

In my last ramblings I noted that we are connected across space and relationships to everyone else on the planet.

I thought that was cool until I stumbled across an even more amazing thought. So . . . . . Here is another thing to reckon with – We are also connected over time, much more closely than we think.

Do you remember your first Kiss?

This is my "first kiss" story:

When I was little we couldn’t afford holidays (everyone say aaaah!) so we went to visit relatives and my favourite destination was “Great Grandma’s house”.

Great grandma was the oldest and most wrinkly person I knew and her tiny little mid-terraced house (which still had an outside loo) was like an adventure to a kid – although looking back it was very poor accommodation for a family of four plus Great grandma plus aunt Flo!

When we left at the end of our stay I would give great grandma a great big smacker on the lips and say goodbye.
OK so great gramdma probably wasn't my first kiss - but she was an important kisser in the context of what I'm thinking!

Great grandma was born in 1890 . . . turns out her great grandad's brother was born in 1816 at Higher Ragged Hall in Gusburn Forest (sounds very romantic - but probably wasn't).

Here's the thought.

My lips have kissed the lips of someone whose lips have kissed the lips of someone born nearly 200 years ago (1816)

on that basis it is only about 24 kisses to get back to the times of Jesus - and less than 50 to Moses . . .