Yes, Ladies and Gentleman, try as I might, I could not resist the considerable charms of Ace Young. All I can say is I didn’t go down without a fight.  Cool, calm, collected chick that I strive to be- the one thing, the one thing that will take me down everytime is a hot guy. It’s my Kryptonite!  I can give a speech in front of two or two thousand  strangers without a drop of sweat. I’ve lead interventions with close friends that pushed them to rehab (and if you’ve done it you know that’s a hard conversation), I could go on with my daring exploits the point is I can do all these things yet throw a hot guy in my path and my brain goes smooth.  All the confidence and cleverness goes out the window and all of a sudden I’m 12 again.  The super-quiet pigeon-toed girl, fighting not to fidget and trying not be noticed. Because if the cute guy says something to me I’ll have to say something back then he’ll know I’m a dork.

Now mind you the next time I see any age close to 12 it will have a 1 in front of it.  I have interviewed countless celebrities and dignitaries from Grammy and Oscar winners to Superbowl studs. Some have been hella-cool, most are very professional and honestly I can only name one guy to this day I would like to punch out. However, famous or not the only person to jam me up is a really good-looking guy and Ace Young is one of those guys.

I think most of the population falls into the bell curve of attractiveness but some particularly blessed people are off the charts. No matter whether your male or female you have to stare at that other human being because they are so beautiful that it makes you speechless for a minute. Combine that with them being a really nice person and well I don’t know about you, but it makes things impossible for me.

However, I think people that have that type of beauty are well aware of it. They’ve been getting stared at and complimented for a long time. Along the way they decide to use their beauty for good or evil or a combination of both. Anyway Ace Young is so adorable you want to eat him with a spoon and take a nap after so you can sleep on the goodness. He knows it, in a good way. He knows he takes your breath away so he smiles until you get it back. He also engages and indulges you so you feel worthy of the attention.  He leaves you in a haze. You’re dazzled by his looks, his goodness and his charm but with all that he is a genuine person. When he leaves you feel warm and fuzzy and then the haze wears off and you become the dork you think you are or maybe your’re just human. Either way, I’m going to give myself a break. That shy ,corny 12-year old is part of the woman I am today. My quick wit and sharp tongue will be back tomorrow without fail unless there’s another Ace in the deck.

My friends, may  you have the pleasure of being dazzled by the beauty of your surroundings today too!

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