Saturday, May 10, 2014

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Tonight's picture was taken on May 11, 2009. As my faithful readers have been seeing all week long, I have posted photos from the first Mattie March. Which was basically the Walk his care community planned for us while Mattie was alive. From that March, our Foundation Walk evolved and grew. Mattie was surrounded by his close buddies in this photo. The head you see in the corner of the photo is Brandon, Mattie's Big Buddy (a fellow childhood cancer survivor). Brandon and Mattie battled cancer around the same time. Behind Mattie, was his very close preschool buddy, Zachary and the little right next to Mattie is Bethie. Bethie is my friend Junko's daughter. Mattie was good friends with Bethie and her brother, Kazu. In fact, Kazu was the first friend Mattie met in his elementary school. What Mattie and Bethie were examining in that cup Mattie was holding were caterpillars. Which I explained a few nights ago in the blog! Mattie loved collecting tent moth caterpillars, whenever he saw them. He also loved sharing his affection for them with others. I have no idea if Bethie loved this or hated the notion, but she was a good sport and like me, you can tell she seemed perplexed that there were caterpillars and NOT liquid in that cup!


Quote of the day: A healer is someone who seeks to be the light that she wishes she had in her darkest moments. ~ Vironika Tugaleva

I started my day with photos of our rhododendron! Peter and Mattie planted this beautiful plant together YEARS ago! It is out in our commons area, for people to enjoy and see. It blooms around Mother's day! Rather ironic, I think. Any case, Peter snapped some photos and showed them to me this morning. 

We loaded up the car today and drove all the raffle baskets to my friend Carolyn's house. Carolyn is our raffle Walk chair and she has coordinated our raffle, FIVE years in a row. The raffle is a LARGE undertaking and I for one am thrilled to have these items out of my living space. I need the space to take on the next walk assembly project. So I am thrilled Carolyn holds onto these items for me and transports them to the Walk because they are huge, heavy, and very bulky!

Last night, we wrapped the final two raffle baskets. This is the Washington Capitals Fan Basket. Within it is:

2 Tickets to a Caps Home Game (Section 114, Seats D 6 & 7)                        
2 Signed Hockey Sticks   

Marcus Johansson Autographed Card

Jason Chimera Autographed Caps Game Puck       

Framed photo of Ovechkin w/piece of 2008 Game Net     

3 Bobble Heads (Nicklas Backstrom, Troy Brouwer, and

Mike Green)

Caps Baseball Hat

Caps cooler, technology gloves, drawstring bag, & magnets

Dining Around Town Basket

$100 Gift Coin to Clyde's Restaurant + Five 50th Anniversary t-shirts

$50 Gift Certificate to Del Ray Cafe (Alexandria, VA)

$25 to Great American Restaurant Group

$75 Gift Certificate to La Bergerie (Alexandria, VA)

$50 to Maggiano's Restaurant

$100 Gift Card to McCormick and Schmick's

Peking Gourmet Inn - One Duck

$50 Gift Card to Taqueria el Poblano (Alexandria, VA)

$50 Gift Card to Tempo (Alexandria, VA)

$50 Gift Certificate to Virtue Feed and Grain (Alexandria, VA)

$100 Gift Card to Zoe's Kitchen

Clyde's 50th Anniversary Book, How We Do Business

Bicycle Wine Rack, Pinwheel, and two spatulas

It has been a full day of work for us, and we have another full day ahead of us tomorrow. So I am signing off for today!