Thursday, August 25, 2011Tonight's picture was taken in August of 2007 in Coronado, CA. Though we did not stay at the famous Hotel Del Coronado, we did walk and bicycle to the Hotel. We took Mattie inside the Hotel, had lunch there, and walked the beach. I can't recall who took this picture, but most likely it was me since it wasn't centered. I love the composition of Mattie in his yellow shirt right next to all those beautiful marigolds!
Quote of the day: When a person is born we rejoice, and when they're married we jubilate, but when they die we try to pretend nothing has happened. ~ Margaret Mead
Though today was a zumba class, I did not go. I wasn't feeling up to it. We haven't slept well since we got home from Alaska. Every night at 9pm sharp, repaving is occurring right outside our bedroom window. The machines used to break up the road and then to repave it are beyond loud! This sound goes on from 9pm until around 4am. This morning it stopped at 5am, and that is what time I went to bed! I am not sure how Peter is going to work on such lack of sleep, but I suppose he got used to that when Mattie had cancer. Though the District is undergoing a flash flood warning today, and bearing down for Hurricane Irene this weekend, I am hoping that the rain prevents road construction. I need three days of SLEEP! Who would have ever guessed I would welcome rain!!!
I spent the day at home working on Foundation items. As I was processing Foundation contributions today, I had the pleasure of receiving a beautiful letter from a parent at Mattie's school. Sue is the Girl Scout troop leader at the school and she wanted me to know that her Troop selected Mattie Miracle as their hometown hero, and with that donated their girl scout cookie sales from 2011 to the Foundation! We are so honored to named a Hometown Hero! Naturally in my mind Mattie will always be our hero, and the Foundation is just trying to live up to his NAME.
Here is an excerpt from what Sue wrote, "During Girl Scoot cookie time, each troop is allowed to designate organizations as their gift of caring/Hometown Heroes. The girls chose the Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation as a Hometown Hero, and have donated this money from the proceeds of their cookie sales. Mattie is alive in the hearts of these girls, but it seems to me, more proof that the saying, 'all I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten.' These girls have learned the value of friendship and the bond that still exists from earth to heaven. While not all of them had the chance to know Mattie personally, there is a connection that he was one of their classmates, and a reminder of him as they walk passed the oak tree."
Tonight Peter and I are meeting Linda (Mattie's Childlife Specialist) and Tim (Associate Administrator in the Department of Pediatrics) for dinner. Linda wants to introduce us to Korean food and we will be talking about next steps to support Linda and her childlife program. Linda is another person who we are fortunate to have in our lives and this connection was established by Mattie. Though he is not physically with us, his presence is felt and it remains alive in the connections he helped to establish for us.
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