Grammys smiles and a prayer for Johnny

I do love February…. I love pink… and hearts ...and lace …and flowers and telling dear ones how special they are to me….I just love it all.  I celebrate Valentine’s day all month long. I am sorry this is the last week of our month of love.

I especially love setting beautiful tables….. so…. when I saw these pretty pink chair covers, table clothe and napkins at Bed Bath and Beyond last week I just had to buy them.  Actually I was going to make the chair covers like I did before but when I went to look at fabric, I found that it was just as cheap to buy them…. so I did.

I intended to alter the backs of the chair covers to fit my chairs but when I showed them to Kris she thought they would look cute just gathered up  in the back……. and since I am very lazy these days   like to take my friend’s advice, that it what I did.  I added a rose, a heart and a lace bow as accents. Do you like the way they look???? …..or… should I go ahead and alter them to fit the backs of the chairs? Getting new table linens makes me smile.

Speaking of Kris…. she had a group of us “Cruising Buddies” over for a lovely dinner last week. Everything that Kris does is beautiful. She is the Queen of Valentine’s Day…. and… like me…..celebrates it all month long too. (Look at my last post to see the lovely Valentine Lunch she made for Jan and me.)

We had a wonderful evening filled with good food and good friends. What a blessing it is to have such dear friends that enrich my life. Smile… Smile.

I got totally spoiled. They knew I wasn’t feeling too good so they insisted that I just sit and rest while they all helped with the clean up. Their thoughtfulness made me smile. We are not all of the same faith but we all love the Lord and each other. I treasure their friendships.

From time to time you’ve read about my dear grandson, Johnny’s gymnastic events. I’m always bragging about him…. especially since he made the 2012 National team.

I can’t even begin to describe how hard he has worked for the past decade on the road to his Olympic dream…. but…. he needs some prayers for healing now.

His back had been hurting even before he went to Russia to compete in December. He didn’t say much about it because everyone had worked so hard helping him earn the money for the trip and he was really excited to go and compete at that big event with gymnasts from 22 countries.

However, when he got home from Russia, the pain was so bad that he finally told his mom and she took him to the doctor. It turns out that he has teardrop fracture on his 3rd lumbar in his back which has put him out of practice for the past few weeks. He is so sad to be missing some of the big meets like Winter’s Cup etc.  The good part is he should mend up fine and be able to keep competing if he lets the fracture rest and heal. He is still hoping to make State, Regional and National competitions later this year.  Please say a little prayer for this dear boy. I am praying that his back will completely heal…. but also that he will use wisdom and not try to go  back to training too soon. After all of his years of hard work and sacrifice I would hate to see him hurt himself permanently by trying to compete again too soon.

Well, these are my thoughts and smiles for this week. I hope that you are well and happy. As always, I am sending you all hugs.