Tonight's picture was taken on April 22, 2002. Mattie was 18 days old. Despite his newness to the world he was VERY alert and was born ON. It was almost as if Mattie knew he couldn't miss a single moment of life or time with us.
Quote of the day: It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done. ~ Vincent van Gogh
We had a dusting of snow in the morning which made driving rather interesting. When I learned to drive I was living in Los Angeles. So I literally have NO knowledge or skills for driving in the snow. But I had meetings at Georgetown Hospital this morning, so I had to figure out how to get there. Most of the roads were fine until I decided to park on a side street. That was my mistake, I should have parked at the Hospital, but I am SO opposed to their parking garages and I try to avoid that chaos at all costs! Therefore when I park in the neighborhood close to the Hospital it involves driving up a slight hill, and that is where I had a problem. Thankfully my car, which is old by the way, has anti-skid technology. The only reason I know this is I saw a light go on my dash board and I could feel something quite different was trying to take over the car. In any case, I am thankful for technology because I literally had no idea how to get myself out of this snowy hill.
I had the opportunity today to be a part of the interviewing process of a candidate for the child life position that the Foundation is funding. This child life professional would cover the weekend hours at the Hospital. In so many ways weekends can be very isolating times and not having access to the child life playroom, activities, and additional games and toys are a real problem. With the funding of this new position, more opportunities will be available to children and families who are inpatient. It is certainly wonderful to be able to fund positions and to know we are making a difference, but it is very special to me to be included in the decision making process. Child life holds a very important place in my heart because it was Mattie's child life specialist, Linda, who was there for us every step of the way. Our goal is to be able to provide every family access to people like Linda, so that they know they are not going through their ordeal alone.
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