Well there went another Feb.14th, and I am afraid I forgot my dog’s Birthday.  I’m sorry Mountain.   I will bring you a bone when I come home, and you will love me, unconditionally.  It’s that easy with a good dog, be nice, feed them, shelter them, and you get love.   Its like some kind of amazing love fruit tree that is constantly in bloom.  Ahh, dogs are so easy.

Try not loving this, I dare you.

Then again, maybe there is something a bit easier to love.  They take a bit more work, and the way you worry about them is bordering on madness.  Its a different kind of love, more dependent, fragile.  A kind of love that makes your entire world vibrate.  This love is the strongest love one can have for another human.  Period.  For those that are blessed with this in their life, but cannot or will not except this love into their lives, i pity and fear you.  I pity your lacking, and fear the soul that is so twisted that this love cannot get into your life.

I mean seriously, look at this.

This is the cutest thing on earth, prove me wrong.

Then there is my other love, my dear sweetie momma-bear Dana (SMBD).  She may be the only woman I have ever truly loved.  In such I also have a serious desire to run screaming sometimes.  I know that she might read this, but she understands.  There is nothing unconditional about it, like the love of the Dog.  There is nothing dependent about it like the love of your child.  This love is a partnership.  You have found a connection, and a desire.  There is almost an agreement made, in fact some would say that marriage is the full on incorporation of love, creating a We Love Each Other, Inc.™, a company dedicated to the creation and maintenance of love.

Sometimes corporations fail, like marriage, most don’t make it past the first 3 years.  But when they do, they can go on for generations, until they are established into the fabric of their surrounding society.

It take a lot of work to make that kind of love work.  Compromise, compassion, effort and anxiety.

There is one more thing I believe that is needed to keep We Love Each Other, Inc. ™.

That thing is chocolate.

Last night SMBD and I went for dessert, and found Pix Patisserie.  O.M.G.

Please people, spend the time and money to enjoy this.  I cannot say how hard it was to choose just one thing.  On average, a single serving dessert was around $6.50.  A bit spendy, but so very worth it.

I mean, look.

That thing is chocolate meringue, chocolate mousse, and a chocolate ganache that is hidden by sticks of meringue and a single red ribbon.

Now I feel I must address the religious, for it seems in my life there are always going to be those that will attempt to take my love, and pull it toward Christianity.  For it seems they believe that love can only come from their savior.  I am wholly offended by this, and for a couple of very serious reasons.

1. How about the rest of the world.  You know, the billions that are not Christian?  Do they not love?  What arrogance is it that creates this mindset?  It is astounding.  Especially from a religion that values humility before God.
2. By wrapping Love into an authority figure, you cripple it.  Love is a wild beast, a force of the universe that pays no mind to authority or rules.  Reason is not capable of truly defining love, and there is no single figure in history, be it natural or supernatural that can claim dominion upon love.  Love has the power to make and unmake gods, or to simply remind you to look at the flowers.

In short, I love love.