Pick flowers, not fights

This is time for class, not showdowns..pick flowers not fights..
Oh valentimes day, AKA: singles awarness day, (and the initials spell S.A.D, that was kindly pointed out to me once). I saw some good qoutes today, like the marquee in the arts and technology building: "It's time for class, not a showdown" and the shirt at target "pick flowers, not fights".

19 years of singleness. But I can't complain. I've always had good valentines day without a boy in the picture. in elementry school i lived for those parties. you would decorate your own box, and then everyone would leave valenties in your box during the party, and I loved seeing all the cartoon valentines I got, usually with candy attached. My parenty always got me stuff in middle school and high school. One year I received a Josh Groban CD. Another year it snowed! i remember me and my childhood best friend walked around the neighboorhood taking pictures of snowman. ( I still have that album..titled: weird snowman collection). Last year, My mom bought me the Les Miserables soundtrack, and came to visit me at school! that made my day. THis year, i kinda forgot about the holiday. It was warm, i went to school and there were no balloons and bears at TCC, but when I went to work, all my kids had candy from school and told me about their parties. I had some kids give me the corny cartoon valentines with the amazing qoutes, and one girl even made me a valentine! sweet kids! the best part was they all said TO: Mrs. Allison. I can't even count how many times I've told the kids im not married, because they ask me almost every other day. But I guess since I'm a teacher, they just assume I'm married. well one day I will be, and I'll have a real valentine who loves me and brings me flowers or something of the sort, but until then, I'm content with being single and living for the Lord.