When is the right time to give up one's virginity?  I was having
a conversation with my friend Brooke at school today, and this topic
came up.  So what's the answer?  IS there a right time?  A wrong time?
 Too soon, too late?
     This is a very tough question, and one that has been there for
mankind since civilization was first established.
     Here are my thoughts - virginity is one of the only things that
we are all born with.  Look what every human gets at birth - natural
sin and virginity.  Not much of a combination, huh?  They just don't
seem to go together.
     But I look on virginity as a gift.  At first it is a gift to you,
one to be closely gaurded as a sacred possession, kept yours until the
right time.
     So when is that?  When you are ready to give the gift away.  You
have two options - you can either lose your virginity or give it away.
 Then it becomes a gift to the other person.
     So you must make sure that the person recieving your most
precious of gifts does not waste it, truly appreciates it, and most of
all does not steal it.  Because like so many things in life, once it
is gone, it is gone.  "Born again" virgins are a lovely notion, but
are about as realistic as "dead again" corpses.  You only get one shot.
     So that's it.  When you know, and you will know, that this is the
person that you want to give this important gift to, than that is the
time.  When you can look down the road to the end of your life and not
see a point when you feel sorry for that decision, than you have not
lost your virginity, but rather have GAINED a new step in life, a
nameless one where you have a deep satisfaction knowing that because
of your decision, you made your life a little completer.  When you can
look back and say that whatever came of it, you wouldn't take it back
for anything, than that's when you have given your virginity, and not
lost it.
     I hope that everyone reading this understands, and that if you
are still a virgin, that you take this to heart.  I hope that you do
give away this gift to someone deserving of it, whether that is a life
partener or not.  And I hope that you are truly happy for your decision.
     And for those of you who have been touched by Satan's hand (okay,
one joke, I hope that when it happened, and still today, that you are
not regretful for your decision.  And whether that person is your soul
mate or not, I hope that they appreciate what you did for them, what
you gave to them.
     And that's my thoughts on that.