Love is. . .

. . . taking my almost-nine-year-old daughter to see the 9:35pm opening-night showing of "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie" even though Spongebob drives me nuts, BECAUSE she has really been looking forward to seeing it, AND because she kept her end of the deal and put all her clothes away neatly every day for more than a week without being prompted, AND because we have spent too little time together lately and this will make her feel special and loved.

I will keep my sympathetic cheers for Squidward (Spongebob's nemesis) to myself. ;-)