Tonight's picture was taken on May 28 of 2009. You just got to love this photo. Mattie was using his big fly swatter to capture the artistically created bugs that Jessie (one of his art therapists) was flying about the room! Naturally this seems like a lot of fun for my bug affectionato, and it was, but in all of his fun, there was also a physical therapy component designed and factored into it. Mattie thought he was chasing bugs, the rest of us were pleased that he was using his hands and arms and putting pressure on his feet when he was standing.
Quote of the day: What does it mean to care? Let me start by saying that the word care has become a very ambivalent word. When someone says: 'I will take care of him!' it is more likely an announcement of an impending attack than of a tender compassion. And besides this ambivalence, the word is most often used in a negative way. 'Do you want coffee or tea?' 'I don't care.' 'Do you want to stay home or go to a movie?' 'I don't care.' 'Do you want to walk or go by car?' 'I don't care.' This expression of indifference toward choices in life has become commonplace. And often it seems that not to care has become more acceptable than to care, and a carefree life-style more attractive than a careful one. ~ Henri J.M. Nouwen
It seems like an incredible spring of sadness of us. As if we needed any help. I am very tired from Foundation work which doesn't help at all, and being so exhausted it makes things much harder to put anything into perspective, but then on top of that my 85 year old friend Mary died in March, my 31 year old friend with Osteosarcoma, Jocelyn, died in April, and now my 50+ year old friend who I have known for a decade is coming to the end of her battle with a neurological disease. This is a lot of loss to contend with back to back on top of already losing Mattie. On top of already being very depleted from working non-stop, and frankly I am not sure I have ever fully recovered from all the illness I have been dealing with since February. When I feel this way, I can easily say enough is enough! I really do not want to take in any more information, hear another problem, or truly reach out to friends. In fact, it is times like these when I feel more isolated because I feel it isn't possible for someone to understand the true extent of such multiple losses or my daily life.
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hours to set up this display at the Walk, but their designs never disappoint. These groups have been with us FOUR YEARS in a row!!!!
structure which is truly remarkable when you look at it in total!
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