Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to steal your heart. Do you remember the moment your spouse or loved one walked into your life? Was it love at first sight?

Did fireworks go off and Cupid’s arrow find its mark?

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the Thousand Oaks Acorn invites you to tell us how you and your significant other met and fell in love.

Send a note via e-mail to tovalentines@theacorn.com and in 200 words or fewer talk about the highlights of that occasion—how your beloved stole your heart.

Please e-mail your Valentine’s “First Date” submission by 2 p.m. Fri., Feb. 5 and be sure to include your first and last name and city. Tales should be appropriate for our family publication and may be edited.

We strive to publish everyone’s memories. If it doesn’t appear in the paper, your submission will be posted on the website, www.theacorn.com.

No more than 200 words can be used.