A Trip Down Memory Lane by Ginny Baird

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of traveling to New Orleans with my husband. It was my first time visiting the city, and I loved every minute of our trip. Something that made it special was that my husband had lived there years before. Back when he was a fledgling professor at Tulane, he discovered many local haunts and native eateries that are still there today. What fun it was to have him as my tour guide, as I indulged in Cajun cooking and experienced the joy of my first piping hot beignet!

The day we took the streetcar from our hotel in the French Quarter to the university, it poured. But it wasn’t just rain streaming from the sky. One large tree on campus was raining Mardi Gras beads! We snapped this shot on our way to the student store where I purchased a pair of rain boots. Then we slogged off on further adventures, enjoying red beans and rice at the diner that used to be my husband’s favorite lunch retreat.

There’s something very special about exploring a loved one’s past in this manner. It provides insight into who they are now by better understanding the things they did then. A few years ago, when we visited our daughter studying in Spain (where I’d spent my junior college year), I was able to play tour guide for my husband by sharing a unique glimpse of my history. 

Have you and your partner had similar experiences in taking each other on trips down your own personal memory lanes? Let us hear about them here!

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Ginny Baird writes contemporary romance novels and novellas. Her latest sweet romance release is The Calendar Brides, available at Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble and Kobo. Want to keep up with news from Sweet Romance Reads authors?

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