In which Cupid has his day . . . or "Ladies first"

This is just to thank a few people--not that they'll read this, but I am grateful to them anyway!

1. My pastor: he played "Cupid" so to speak this Valentine's Day Sunday at church. The girls had gifts for the guys to show our appreciation to our guys, and the guys had flowers for the girls, and Pastor knew about both of them. He told us to be ready at announcements time and allowed Es to announce from the platform that we were grateful to the guys for who they are and what they do for us and their attitude of service to God. Then, he let the guys have their time to give us the flowers they had ready for us. I think he must have had a great time being the one who knew what girls and guys had planned for each other =)

2. The girls: they worked together preparing the candy leis and the shirts for the guys this year. Es headed up the project and ended up shouldering even more of it than she had originally planned on because I was out in CA to be with my family after Dad's hospital stay with a blood clot in his lung.

3. The guys at church: they thought of the girls of the church and honored us with flowers this Valentine's Day. They even strung ribbon through the itty-bitty holes in the tags they printed for the flowers! That took time and effort! I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I hope that they realize how special they made me feel by remembering us on Valentine's Day Sunday and by the ways that they take notice of us and go out of their way to make our lives a little easier and safer on a weekly and daily basis.