Cups of Cheer for Gabby - Something sweet and hopeful

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Clad in multicolored spacesuits, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly float among the stars above their pink and purple polka dot space shuttle, at least, in the imagination of a second-grader.

The image is just one among a dozen Starbucks coffee cups decorated with artwork of flowers, butterflies, astronauts and shuttles awaiting their chance to bring some color to the wounded congresswoman's day.

"It's sad that Mrs. Gabby is so sick, but our cups make her happy and brighten her day a little bit," second-grader Brianna Galind, 7, said while drawing Giffords floating in a purple sky on a Starbucks cup.

The cups, designed by Sue Chatelain's second-grade class at J.P. Henderson Elementary School in HISD, was inspired by Starbucks store manager Jim Bradley, who began putting messages and amateurish pictures on Giffords' cups last month...

link: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7490286.html

[Lucinda]

1. This is wonderful

Thanks for posting! :hi: