Anything But Gray

About…let's see…..6 or 7 years ago..my friend Kim started "Princess Jonana Day".
I was going over to her house and she had Travis over (our nephew, Tina's son).
Kim says I saved them….so I must've been coming over to help out with something, I honestly don't remember.
What I do remember is getting there and Kim and Travis had made me a tiara and wand, out of paper…it had glitter and everything! And Kim had also given me a very cool coffee mug. (That I still have to this day….don't even get me talking about my coffee mug collection…that'll stir up some serious tear jerker memories for me…!!!)
She announced it was "Princess Jonana Day" every July 22nd, for the rest of my life. 🙂
Her whole family has gotten in on it and Tina celebrates it too.

My favorite thing she has ever given me for Princess Jonana Day, is she had all the kids say I love you, in sign language. Tina did it with her kids (Emerald and Travis) and Kim did with her two (at the time…she's up to FOUR now!) Brandon and Daniel and they took a picture of each kid signing each word. "I", then an individual picture of each kid signing "I" and so on…..it means so, so much to me. I had it hanging up beside my bed up in Alaska and I think here I'm going to put it in my little studio. It makes my heart happy…

I LOVE Princess Jonana Day. I love that they love me. I love that I am part of their family.
I feel spoiled and lucky and so very, very blessed.
They have no clue that what started as a silly, fun thing to do one day for me has turned into a day that means so much to me. It reminds me how wonderful it is to have friends that are like family. It reminds me to be grateful for the relationships I have and it reminds that…yeah, I'm a good person, I'm a good friend and I deserve a Princess Jonana Day! ha! But seirously, it's so hard sometimes to look in the mirror and convince yourself how awesome you are. Princess Jonana Day reminds that I can't be perfect for everyone in the world, but I am perfect for the people that love me.

I love it.

Thank you Kim and Tina for being such incredible friends….I miss you both so much.
Love you!

P.S. Kim's nickname for me is Jonana….that's why it's Jonana instead of Joanna! lol.