People who kow me very well know that I am not exactly a strong supporter of China or anything to do with that country. However, last night I was happy for China for taking gold and silver last night in the couples' figure skating competition. Shen and Zhao won the gold medal and they are a beautiful couple with a beautiful story. They are a pair that have been to four Olympics and won the bronze medal twice and later this couple got married after the male suffered a severe leg injury. This is what brought them together. Anyway, so they decided to come to these Olympics again with one goal to win the gold. They were living in a dormotory up to this point for training purposes living in separate rooms and eating in the dorm cafeteria. The dedication, really inspiring. . . would that ever happen here in America?? Probably not. . . and they finally got the gold last night, truly I was happy for them. Also, for the Chinese coach too for the incredible sacrifices being away from his family and everything to get China to that point in figure skating. In some ways watching that and the story was kind of sad how much some of these athletes in other countries make all those tough sacrifices for a dream, and then when they reach that goal you can't help but be happy too!

That is the Olympic Spirit!