Friday, August 19, 2011Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2007. Mattie attended Construction Club once a week after school during his kindergarten year. Mattie loved this Club because his teacher brought in everyday items for kids to create and build with. As you can see from this picture, Mattie came home with his art piece. In fact, for months, I had these types of pieces all over our home. Finally we agreed to get rid of some to make room for other things. But before we did, we took pictures of each and every one of Mattie's creations. I am so happy Mattie had these creative moments, and that this Club inspired him to love boxes. As many of my readers know, boxes became important objects for him in the hospital. In fact, Linda (Mattie's Childlife Specialist) and Jenny and Jessie (Mattie's art therapists) saved all sorts of great boxes for Mattie. Mattie was thrilled with each box and used his skills to transform it into some incredible art pieces.
Quote of the day: To bury grief, plant a seed. ~ German proverb
I began my day with a sick cat. That is never a fun start to a morning. I then had the opportunity to meet up with Shayla, Mary's (Ann's mom) caregiver, and we talked about her career goals. Shayla wants to be a nurse, and though I did not know much about nursing programs, thanks to the Internet over the past two days, I have learned a lot. Shayla and I had a productive conversation and it is very special to be able to connect and guide some one's educational path.
From Mattie's battle with cancer, I learned very quickly the beauty and importance of nurses. Nurses are the professionals who can make it or break it for you as a patient. They are the ones who are working around the clock and who not only help patients medically but are the ones who are emotionally present for their patients. I have great respect for nurses, and it will be my pleasure one day to introduce Shayla to some of Mattie's incredible nurses.
This evening, Peter and I spent time with Ann's cousin, JP. We took JP to our local Chinese restaurant. To us, this restaurant is our Cheers, where we know the people working there and also our local residents who eat there. After dinner, we walked a couple of blocks to our local Dunkin Donuts and Baskin and Robbins. JP has a wonderful appetite and for most of us if we kept up with his eating schedule we would weigh a ton. We had a night filled with laughter, and we got JP to laugh so hard he cried twice.
Peter wanted to watch the Red Sox game tonight, and JP and I watched it for a bit, but then Peter got out voted. Nonetheless, JP and I got educated about the Red Sox Nation! Do you know you can be a card carrying member of the Red Sox Nation?! HONESTLY!!!!! Peter pulled his card out of his wallet and showed me this card. I asked him if any other ball team had such an ID card. His answer was NO! So literally this confirms my opinion of this cult like following, however, I had no idea the cult had ID cards! Amazing! When I googled this Red Sox Nation Membership card, here is what I found..... "In 2004 the Boston Red Sox began offering official citizenship in Red Sox Nation. For a small fee, fans received a membership card with the words "Official Red Sox Nation Citizen" and access to additional Red Sox merchandise offers and newsletters."
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