Valentine’s is a day that many do not love. For the single (especially female) it can be a stark reminder of all that you do not have. For the unhappily married, it brings regret and lost hope of what could be. For the forgetful hubby, it can be a day of disappointing the one he truly loves.

I am so happy to say that it is a good day for me. Going through all four years of college and not being engaged or married by graduation is not fun, let me tell you. As people would shake my hand and say, “Congratulations!” I knew in their hearts they were saying, “Poor girl. Made it through all four years without snagging a man!”

You’ve got to remember what life on a college campus can be like at Valentine’s Day. There’s the sappy, can’t get enough of each other couples, and there’s the constant pressure and pushing of everyone for everyone to have a date to the sacred V-day Banquet.

So happily, now several years after those college days, I can look upon this day with good thoughts, though I do still remember life as a single girl.

It was just a few months after my graduation from college that things began “starting up” with Christopher. It wasn’t even a full year after graduating before we were married, believe it or not. If only I could have known that as I walked across the stage getting my diploma. I would not have worried that I was facing a lifetime as a spinster school teacher.

Things with Chris didn’t immediately fall into place nicely, however. I believed him to be “not-my-type” and therefore just too different for me. Hence, our song…. “Not That Different.”
Here are the lyrics….