Be Prepared For Hugs and Kisses...

I borrowed this photo from a previous Valentine's Day post HERE 😅💞

My 'Valentine' is hoping to be home by Sunday

after spending a few days in frigid Fargo, N.D. due to

waiting on a part to repair his truck.

💝

On the Homefront I am trying to decide

what to cook for hopefully

A Valentine and Family Day dinner on Sunday evening...

Be prepared for breath soft-stolen

For your heart to skip a beat

When That Very Special Someone

Sweetly sweeps you off your feet

Be prepared for hugs and kisses

For feeling rich as a king

Love between Mister and Missus

Is a very precious thing

Be prepared for laughter's joy-ride

While love dreams of dreams come true

But, lest we forget love's flipside

Be prepared for sorrow too

Because love's darling duration

No matter how long or brief

Cannot, in its culmination 

Escape its guerdon of grief

Be prepared for lots of learning

'I do' flings ajar a door

Through which there is no returning

To the way love was before

Now, begins a new love story

'We' rather than 'me' or 'my'

Be prepared to say 'I'm sorry'

Lest love's sacred fires die

Love, when loosed, can be a bully

When tempers spark verbal blows

Be prepared to forgive fully

For the sacred sake of vows

Then, to be more humbly grateful

To God, whose love never ends

But helps us be true and faithful

And the very best of friends 

Be prepared for constant changes

Nothing stays the same, my dear

All we hold, Time's Hand estranges

For fresh frames of Now and Here

While the heart weathers the thunder

Of what nevermore will be

Be prepared to weep with wonder

At love's echo-gallery  

Be prepared to help each other

Not frowning, but with a smile

Pity those who cannot bother

To suffer a second mile

Wanting only box of candy

Roses, compliments galore  

Be prepared to come in handy

In the middle of 'your chore' 

Be prepared to be confounded

 By love's bittersweet reward

Leaving utterance astounded

Save to whisper 'Thank-you, Lord

Be prepared for hugs and kisses

No matter how young or old

Love between Mister and Missus

Is a pleasure to behold 

So, do not withhold love's graces

Love is a treasure most rare

Not to display in showcases

But to prove with work and prayer

Be prepared for sun and shower

And, no matter come what may

Be prepared, for farewell's hour

With each hello of new day

© Janet Martin 

Be prepared to help each other 😂😁💖

(just for fun, sometimes)