Tonight's picture was taken in October of 2006. Mattie was at Butler's Orchard picking his pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. He and Peter got their wheel barrow and they were on a mission to find just the right pumpkins for carving and displaying! Mattie loved the process and the whole adventure of taking a hayride out to the patch and then literally picking pumpkins from the vine.
Quote of the day: If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. ~ Andy Rooney
Peter and I were going to spend the day on preparing our conference presentations for Canada, but then I learned I literally had three days left to submit the chapter that I have been writing. Needless to say my stress level went up by 20, and Peter had to step in and help me manage this project. We spent the day going through the chapter I wrote so far and worked on finalizing the rest of it. It was a full day for both of us, but it is well on its way and hopefully in the next few days, I can put in end to chapter writing for a while! I have been doing this since June and I need a break, because it requires a level of mental and emotional discipline that I don't have right now.
As I checked my email today, my friend Charlie sent me a wonderful email entitled, 1000 cranes, 1000 strangers! I included the link below. I love origami cranes, because they remind me of the cranes our friend Junko and her mom created for Mattie while he was battling cancer. These cranes still hang today in Mattie's bedroom.
I love stories in which people bring joy and happiness to others. In a world in which there is so much sadness all around us, I think we need to promote more moments like these! The 1000 crane story and video brings a smile to my face. I hope you find it uplifting too.
1000 Cranes, 1000 Strangers:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=4657
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