Patty Gross........

I believe it was Percy Sledge who sang "When a man loves a woman, can't keep his mind on nothin' else."

I no can speaky for other men, but I tend to believe this to be true.

2/13/19. Happy Valentine's Day Eve... Valentine's Day is a wondrous day, and the first thought it brings is happy.

I am certain there's more than one way to skin a cat (good grief, HOW and WHY did that saying start, and I ain't gonna Google it, but hopefully you get the drift.).. and, for sure, probably more than one version as to how Valentine's Day started..

One version, was about a priest (St. Valentine) from Rome in the 3rd century AD. Emperor Claudius had banned marriage because he thought married men were bad soldiers. Valentine felt this was unfair, so he broke the rules and arranged marriages in secret.

When Claudius found out, Valentine was thrown in jail and sentenced to death. There, he fell in love with the jailer's daughter and when he was taken to be killed on February 14 he sent her a love letter signed "from your Valentine."

We get one chance here on Earth, and much like the very best Center Fielder EVER, the ball can be dropped. Peek around, there are wonderful examples of couples who never dropped the ball. I love Facebook for this very reason. At the risk of embarrassment, I see/sense this in Jim/Marcie, Dennis/Patty..etc (both, alphabetically done!) and thankfully, scores more... You can just tell. That love and excitement is just as great today as the very day it started.

But.. hold the phone.. stymie halt... time out.... or... maybe rationalization.

I also have friends who tripped on the crack of the sidewalk of life...a few of us, maybe even more than once... thought it was over, never to be again, a dead end. Then, presto, love found, and it's undoubtedly better than ever before. Women have a way of making one feel better than ever.

We men. We love you. We stare at you when you ain't lookin. We delight in the tone of your voice (99% of the time!).. We love the way you walk.. whatever you wear, or don't... when your eyes are focused on something else.. when they are focused on your man. Excited. Anxious. Thankful. Better'n puppy breath, a cold beer after a hunnerd degree day at work, any basketball/football/hunting/fishing/younameit, outing. Oh sure, those are wonderful, but there ain't nuttin' better'n loving a woman.

You give us fed bellies... wrinkle causing smiles..."why didn't I think of that"s... The very best two words in this marathon of life ain't "Mile 26," They're "Oh baby."

Baby = wow.
Baby = now.
Baby = Thank you Lord.
Baby = yum.
Baby = This ain't humdrum.
Baby = exclamation mark, head-over-heels, dizzy, delirious in love.

We will NEVER EVER, I'm talking till until the end of time admit, women rule the world. But.. WOMEN RULE THE WORLD.

Watch a good man. There's a fine lady behind him propping him up. Putting pep in his step. Making him gobbledy googly happy.

We are your forever wind-up toy. Let's chase each other 'round the room tonight. And play, those games we played, on our wedding night. To lock and bolt the door is only right. Let's chase each other 'round the room tonight.

v2.Ek = 1/2 mv2. Ek = Kinetic Energy. Nuh uh, it's you. Woman.

Chantilly lace and a pretty face, and a pony tail a hangin' down, that wiggle in the walk and giggle in the talk, makes the world go round, there ain't nuttin' in the world like a big eyed girl that makes me act so funny makes me spin my money, makes me feel real loose like a long necked good, like a girl, OH BABY that's what I like....... Or, what we men like.

You see that world's strongest body builder? Behind (or beside) him is a lady who can control him by his little finger. (And I mean control in a very good way.) That CEO over there? He owns 49% of the stock at home.

You are the F of our fuel gauge, the D for our transmission, the smile in our rear view mirror, and the excitement of "what's next" as we look out of the windshield. You possess the ability to put us into overdrive. Putt putt, to the Pizza Hut, or wherever it is you wanna go.

Thank heaven for little girls
Thank heaven for them all
No matter where,
No matter who
Without them
What would little boys do...

Across the land, little dudes that have only been talking for a few years, will open up the box of Valentine cards to take to school to hand out tomorrow. There's always "THAT ONE" special one. Yep. Silently, they will address it to you-know-who. The very beginning of googly, dizzy, lost in love, oh baby.

Mine in kindergarten was Patty Gross. Yours?

The old TV show Mission Impossible began with the quote, the story, the juxt of the mission, and it ended with "This message will self destruct in five seconds." One would think I'd be afraid, very afraid to write a blog like this for fear of other men calling me a pansy, or similar. Nope. Ain't. They know it too. Women rule the world.

By Henry Hallmark Gibson,

Love, Victurd