You Tube Tuesday - Finding Love with OKGopid

Love Happens

by Rachel Hoyt

Love tends to strike randomly,

Fate takes credit, naturally,

Some accept this truth, happily,

Others fight it, instinctively.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.

Josh from "Its Tiger Time" invented You Tube Tuesday so we could each share one video a week which we found to be fun, inspiring or otherwise noteworthy. If you choose to participate, don't forget to leave your links in my comments section (so I can come visit you) and on Josh's page (so you can be part of the contest). I hope you enjoyed this week's selection!  

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Thursday Thoughts: Valentine's Day is Just Days Away

A Purrfect Valentine's Day

I've been single for many a Valentine's Day

and still find it a hard time to know what to say

when the question starts to echo in my brain,

that horrible one that can drive a gal insane,

"Why aren't you dating anyone?

What happened with that last one?"

This incessant brain chatter inevitably leads

to a see if anything online could fulfill my needs.

I'm told the options are constantly expanding

to keep up with what the public is demanding.

I peeked early this year at what's new and exciting,

but didn't really find anything intriguing or inviting.

I tried to learn new pick up lines through my phone,

in case I see any handsome foreign men all alone,

but learning to say "I like you" in four languages,

is proving harder than driving while making sandwiches.

I can do Spanish because I learned it years ago,

but learning a third, fourth and fifth?  I don't know.

I found one truly fascinating new "dating" website

which I bet lots of Icelanders are searching tonight

to make sure that cute girl or guy they just met

isn't a familial relation that could cause regret.

(The same families have bred on that island for years.

This digital genealogy tree should help prevent our fears.)

Yet, my favorite thing I learned wasn't really about dating.

In fact, it could in a way prevent some future mating.

You see, I learned my cat's purr has super healing power,

and since she likes to cuddle with me hour after hour,

I'm now not quite so sad to spend V-Day with her,

because who hasn't once wished their Valentine could purr!

© 2012 - All Rights Reserved - Rachel Hoyt

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