
You can’t get enough of seeing this person.The focus of puppy love is on feelings (usually your own)– which can change quickly without explanation. The feelings that are commonly felt are very intense feelings of desire, passion and excitement. It is part of an immature relationship without the long term commitments that comes with mature relationships. Puppy love (infatuation) is the first kind of romantic love we feel as teenagers. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.

Things got more lighthearted when Washington, 66, elaborated on his point by saying that he saw the truth of the sentiment in the relationship between his wife, Pauletta Washington, and their son, actor John David Washington.Young love is a flame beautiful, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering.

“A son, especially their first son, is a mother’s, last true love. “A mother is a son’s first true love,” Washington said.

When Colbert recalled a quote Washington made that “a mother is a son’s first love,” that’s when the two-time Academy Award winner’s emotions got the best of him. Nor did my brother or sister,” Washington said. During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, while promoting his latest film, The Tragedy of Macbeth, he became emotional talking about her.Ĭolbert offered his condolences to Washington, saying it was a “great blessing to have your mother so long.” Washington responded that it was a life well-lived, both for herself and her family. The two-time Academy Award winner spoke about the memory of his mom, who died at age 97 this year.ĭenzel Washington suffered a tremendous loss this year when his mother, Lennis Washington, passed away at the age of 97.
