Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2004 during one of our weekend walks around Roosevelt Island. This was a typical activity for us as a family and as you can see when Mattie got tired of walking, he would hop up on top of Peter's shoulders. Mattie loved traveling around this way because he felt he had a bird's eye view of everything from up there.
Quote of the day: The life that neither grief nor burden knows is dwarfed in sympathy before its close. The life that grows majestic with the years must taste the bitter tonic found in tears. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Today looked a lot like yesterday. Peter and I were both very focused and busy working on the Foundation Walk website. By the afternoon, I was getting tired, snappy, and in desperate need of a change of scenery.
Peter planted all sorts of bulbs in our commons space in the Fall, and now we are reaping the benefits of his hard work. Today the crocus were blooming and signalling to us that spring was definitely here.
Peter and I took a much needed break today and went out for a late lunch and then walked around Roosevelt Island. That was Peter's second walk on the Island today, since he gets up very early each weekend morning to walk there. As soon as we crossed the bridge taking us to Roosevelt Island this afternoon, the first thing we noticed up in the sky was the moon. Naturally we both immediately thought of our Mattie Moon (a nickname Mattie was given in preschool).
Due to all the rains we have had recently, parts of the Island seemed flooded. Of course the ducks and seagulls were absolutely THRILLED. I saw more ducks on the Island today than I have seen in years. Mattie would have been so excited and would have wanted to feed them. With Mattie I always travelled to the Island with crackers. Without Mattie, my level of preparedness has significantly decreased!
Before I left the Island, I snapped this picture. As you can see the trees are barren, but I know in just a few weeks this landscape will begin to look very different. I anxiously await greenery and warmer weather!
This evening Peter and I have been riding an emotional roller coaster. We thought we had made significant headway on our Walk web page and then all of a sudden the entire page and Foundation website disappeared. Peter has been working through the issue with our system's help desk, but none the less, this is not what we needed after spending two entire days straight on this project. Hopefully with any luck, we will be up and operational again soon. Nonetheless, the help desk fellow was intrigued by Mattie's story and gave Peter his personal email address so he could assist us! Mattie continues to touch the lives of those around us in a very innocent, special, and beautiful manner.
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