I survived another Singles Awareness, I mean Valentine’s Day. Much to my surprise, it turned out to be one of the best ever.

The day started with a single rose (thank you bossman) and ended with an uplifting experience.

Earlier this week I ran into an old advisor of mine from UNF and as we were chatting, the fact that I work at the Florida Theatre came up. He inquired about Trisha Yearwood tickets, which I assumed he would use to take his wife out for Valentine’s Day. To my surprise he wanted to bring his 17 year old son, who 11 years ago had met Trisha in Phoenix at a conference. Ever since then he has be her biggest fan and always asks his father to, “Tell Trisha I said hi!”, every time he traveled to Phoenix. So last night Tom surprised his son Christian, by bringing him to the theatre without revealing who they were there to see until he gave him the tickets. The pure excitement and overwhelming joy was moving in itself.

A big thank you to Trisha and her wonderful crew because I was able to arrange for Tom and Christian to attend the meet and greet. It was very special to be there and to hear the stories the guys shared with her. One they shared was how the song “I’ve Been Thinking About You” is their favorite and when Christian was younger they would sing it to each other in the car and point to one another on the “youuuu” parts. Unfortunately she informed them that that song was not on her set list for the night. She so graciously took the time to talk with them, listen, share, take pictures and give a few autographs.

I at this point felt so happy to have helped someone have a really special experience. Near the end of her show, she said she takes requests for songs in many different ways and tonight she wanted to play a song for Christian. And so she sang, “I’ve Been Thinking About You”. How cool! I was so moved by this and really felt like this year’s Valentine’s Day was a keeper.

Now I am gearing up for this evening....the B-52’s!!!!