Monday, November 10, 2014
Tonight's picture was taken in October of 2008. Mattie was pictured with his big buddy, Brandon. Brandon and Mattie battled cancer at the same time and despite their age difference they were close friends. In fact toward the end of his life, Mattie considered Brandon one of his best friends! As you can see, Mattie and Brandon's IV poles were decorated! Brandon started this tradition and Mattie followed suit. When Brandon completed his treatment at the hospital, he actually took his Wall-E decorative IV pole cut out that he created and gave it to Mattie. Mattie was very honored and used it often. In fact, at times it was hard to engage Mattie either emotionally or in conversation, but somehow Mattie liked talking about the origami cranes or the other decorations hanging on his IV pole.
Quote of the day: To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Today I drove around the District of Columbia picking up candy for the annual drive. I want to thank Diana Meltzer (Associate Head of School; ) at the Lab School of Washington for coordinating our drive at her school for a second year in a row. I had the opportunity to meet many of the students and even took a photo! A photo which will be going into our upcoming newsletter! Because minors are in this photo, I only have permission to display it in our newsletter! Our candy drive was advertised through local DC listservs! I thank our friend Ildi for spearheading this effort and collecting the candy!!! Last but not least, we thank Daisy Troop 879 in DC for their wonderful candy contribution and hand drawn messages of hope to children in the hospital! The cards were adorable and so colorful!
When I got home today, I had to cart all this candy upstairs into our home! That was another labor of love! Then of course it all needed to be sorted. This was the pile collected from the Lab School alone! Rather impressive!!!
Meanwhile at my friend Tina's house, she had a sorting party going on with the candy she pick up and collected from all over town today.
As you can see there were volunteers of all ages! I hear they all had a good time, loved working together, and felt a real sense of purpose and community!
This is what Tina's trunk looked like today! I think we are going to need a uhaul soon, forget about a car!
Tonight's picture was taken in October of 2008. Mattie was pictured with his big buddy, Brandon. Brandon and Mattie battled cancer at the same time and despite their age difference they were close friends. In fact toward the end of his life, Mattie considered Brandon one of his best friends! As you can see, Mattie and Brandon's IV poles were decorated! Brandon started this tradition and Mattie followed suit. When Brandon completed his treatment at the hospital, he actually took his Wall-E decorative IV pole cut out that he created and gave it to Mattie. Mattie was very honored and used it often. In fact, at times it was hard to engage Mattie either emotionally or in conversation, but somehow Mattie liked talking about the origami cranes or the other decorations hanging on his IV pole.
Quote of the day: To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Today I drove around the District of Columbia picking up candy for the annual drive. I want to thank Diana Meltzer (Associate Head of School; ) at the Lab School of Washington for coordinating our drive at her school for a second year in a row. I had the opportunity to meet many of the students and even took a photo! A photo which will be going into our upcoming newsletter! Because minors are in this photo, I only have permission to display it in our newsletter! Our candy drive was advertised through local DC listservs! I thank our friend Ildi for spearheading this effort and collecting the candy!!! Last but not least, we thank Daisy Troop 879 in DC for their wonderful candy contribution and hand drawn messages of hope to children in the hospital! The cards were adorable and so colorful!
When I got home today, I had to cart all this candy upstairs into our home! That was another labor of love! Then of course it all needed to be sorted. This was the pile collected from the Lab School alone! Rather impressive!!!
Meanwhile at my friend Tina's house, she had a sorting party going on with the candy she pick up and collected from all over town today.
As you can see there were volunteers of all ages! I hear they all had a good time, loved working together, and felt a real sense of purpose and community!
This is what Tina's trunk looked like today! I think we are going to need a uhaul soon, forget about a car!
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