Mary Beth Weisenburger

Dear Looking Back Friends,

Love is in the air!

All around us are the valentines, candy hearts and budding romances that bring back fond memories of our own first loves. It could have been the girl down the street, the boy in class or even the first car we purchased. Whatever the case, when we experienced that sudden fluttering heartbeat of attraction, we were hooked. Today, scientists try to explain away that feeling by pointing to the chemical mix in our brain that leaps into action when we fall in love, but I prefer the explanation offered by Friend Owl, Bambi's winged mentor in the popular 1942 Disney movie. When Bambi the deer and Thumper the rabbit are confused by the behavior of two birds flitting around in crazy fashion, they ask what in the world is wrong with them.

"Why, don't you know?" responds Friend Owl. "They’re twitterpated."

What a great word, twitterpated! You won't find it in a traditional dictionary, but far more than the 10-dollar words the scientists would use, it better conveys that head-over-heels reaction we've all felt at one time or another. Your head's in a whirl, you're weak in the knees, you're light as a feather, and you completely lose your head, according to Friend Owl. Bambi and Thumper thought it sounded just awful, but it makes perfect sense to me, someone who personally felt twitterpated 27 years ago when I met my husband-to-be!

This issue of Looking Back features both funny and poignant stories of feeling twitterpated long ago. Enjoy our selections -- we hope they tide you over until our next issue comes out in spring. Just be careful. After all, says Friend Owl, "Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime."

Until next time,

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Mary Beth Weisenburger, editor


Mary Beth Weisenburger has been with DRG and Looking Back magazine since April of 2011. She has 25 years of experience in the marketing, advertising and publishing fields. In addition to her job as editor of Looking Back, she writes a family humor column. She and her husband, two college-age kids, two dogs and various other critters live on five acres in the country, where she enjoys reading, writing and flower gardening.
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