The Iterator - Iterator of thoughts

Julia

In mid-90's I had a girlfriend a few years younger than me, let's call her "E", she was mature for her age, both mentally and physically. I was 23 and she was 18 and we usually hung out at her parents place out in the country, it was actually a farm, an old dairy farm but no cows on the farm any longer.

While there at some occasion, we were asked if we could baby sit a little girl, Julia, while the girls parents went somewhere for a few hours, sure thing, we looked after her and played with her. Fed her and changed her as she was 2 years old or somewhere about there.

Her parents returned and thanked us for looking after their daughter on such a short notice, we actually didn't have anything to do.

Later that evening, while in bed, we were talking about the day and in particular about Julia, how cute and adorable she was, superlatives, then quiet .. we both sunk into thoughts, we cuddled and cried, thankful for our experiences and interactions with Julia. We talked about having children in the future, we both agreed that the first girls name would be Julia.

About 2 years later she broke up our relationship, moved out and slept with a friend, all within a month. She moved back to her parents and disappeared.

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Much later, modern time, Julia was on top of my list of girls names as my child was born, a son, but if he would have been a she, she would almost certainly be a Julia, as a first or a second or even a third name.

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