LOL, well, Not Quite

       I'm having trouble with some of the abbreviations used in texting these days.  You might say I have cognitive dissonance over the use of LOL.  In my day it meant something entirely different.

       It took me a long time to grasp that when people use LOL, it means "Laugh Out Loud," I guess to show JUST how funny someone's previous text had struck them.

       The expression I had ringing in my ears from high school days was L.O.my L., part of a handwritten note in a high school yearbook from a gal enamored of me, and meaning...breathtakingly..."Love of my Life."

       I guess I haven't quite gotten over that, even though I couldn't quite return the feeling.