Tonight's picture was taken in October of 2007. We took Mattie to Butler's Orchard that weekend to their fall festival. Mattie loved fall festivals and each fall we practically went to one every weekend! Mattie loved the rides, picking out pumpkins, and some even had farm animals to pet. I however was the only one of the three of us who got a kick out of the fall festival foods!
Quote of the day: The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served. ~ Gordon B. Hinckley
I found tonight's quote and I thought it was absolutely beautiful! I think this maybe the motto for the bereaved..... those who serve always benefit!!! I had another night of no sleep and a raging headache. However, despite that I had a full day of conference calls in the morning followed by non-stop computer work. Not the best plan for a headache. Peter and I have been invited to present at a conference in Dallas, Texas next week. Thanks to technology, we are doing this remotely. I is hard for me to present without being in the same room as those I am presenting to, especially as it relates to sharing a personal story and dialoguing about the Foundation's vision for a psychosocial standard of care. However, I know people do it all the time, so I might as well start some place.
Tomorrow the Foundation hosts its first ever Chocolate Therapy workshop at the Georgetown University Hospital. In September, a friend of mine connected me to Robbin Warner(http://www.writingwithchocolate.com/category/recipes/).
Robbin is a local chocolatier who studied chocolate making in Belgium. Last week, Robbin and I did a walk through of the Hospital's pediatric clinic for set up purposes, so we should be set to go tomorrow. Children and teens will have the opportunity to learn fun facts about chocolate, do a tasting, create their own tasty treats, and even decorate their bags, aprons, and hats. The children will be working with real chocolate that is melted and then hardens. Most of us do not have access to such chocolate!
I certainly know Mattie would have disapproved of this workshop, since he HATED chocolate. Everything about it from its smell to its taste. Nonetheless, since childhood cancer is a family affair, and I thrived on chocolate, I decided to try this venue. It is a fact that the most popular item on our free snack cart at the Hospital is CHOCOLATE, so my hunch is this could be a popular workshop. I have a feeling Mattie is most likely laughing down at me tonight, and I can only imagine what he would be saying about tomorrow's workshop. I have no doubt Mattie would have given Robbin a run for her money!
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