Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2005. Each spring Peter's parents would literally mail a coconut from Florida to Mattie. This coconut was not mailed in a box! Instead, unlike how we see coconuts in the grocery store, this coconut had its husk intact. The coconut literally came right off of a tree and its hard and fibrous husk served as a great packing box. It was always a riot to see a coconut with an address and postage on it. Mattie got a kick out of it, but what was even more entertaining was the process of removing the husk from this coconut. The coconut mailings were a tradition, so much so that we introduced the fresh coconut to Mattie's preschool class and Mattie's kindergarten class. Both classes were stunned to see a coconut with an address on it and they loved watching Peter cut it open using tools and even an electric saw. This really illustrated to the kids just how hard a coconut husk is! Neither Peter nor I can look at a coconut the same way anymore.
Quote of the day: The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. ~ Unknown
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