Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to win your heart. Do you recall the moment your spouse or loved one walked into your life? Did fireworks go off and Cupid's arrow find its mark? Or was it a less-than-traditional courtship?

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, the Simi Valley Acorn is asking readers to tell us how they fell in love, or how they've stayed in love for so long.

Send us your love note at simivalentines@theacorn.com and in 200 words or less talk about how your beloved stole your heart.

Please e-mail your Valentine's Day submission by 2 p.m. Fri., Feb. 6, and be sure to include your first and last name and city of residence.

Tales should be appropriate for our family publication, and the Acorn reserves the right to edit entries. We will strive to publish everyone's memories, but it will be first come first served.

Notes not in the newspaper will appear online.