Big Jake and the California Girl

Every man from my generation that thinks of himself as a tough guy, as I obviously do, liked John Wayne. He was an icon.
My favorite John Wayne flick was Big Jake by a long shot. To me, Big Jake is John Wayne at his finest and the movie has a lot of memorable lines.

I'm not going to go into many details about the movie but when times got hard people called for the character played by the Duke. When his name was brought up one of the movie's characters asked "you mean himself?"
Being called Himself is pretty telling on how huge of a person you are, larger than life.

How does this relate to the California Girl?

She hates Westerns. She didn't like the Duke. She would never watch Big Jake.

But to me, like big Jake, she is larger than life. We use the names himself and herself around the house and I don't come out and call her Herself. But, it goes without saying that she is Herself.
She's one of a kind and in a class by herself.
One guy I work with calls her the colonel and I am fine with that, but she should have a higher ranking than that. Probably Herself should be a general.

Either way, she is my everything.

Tomorrow, December 12th, is her birthday and I am hoping she has the greatest birthday ever. It's probably not going to happen since her babies are spread out all over the world and it's been a hard season for Herself.

But, just as winter turns to spring, her season will change and things will get better.

To me, Herself is larger than life.

Happy birthday, Herself.