Friday, May 29, 2015
Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2002. Mattie was five months old and eating up a storm. He was getting the hang of the notion of using a spoon, but Mattie had a mind of his own. He did not like his high chair and preferred eating in his car seat. That car seat served many purposes! It wasn't only used in the car! Of course there came a point that Mattie no longer fit in the seat and therefore had to transition to a high chair. That too was an adjustment which took time and coaxing.... first sitting in the chair for short periods of time with toys, without being latched in or having the tray table in front of him, to eventually learning to get used to sitting with the table latched into the seat so he could eat.
Quote of the day: Time decides who you meet in life, your heart decides who you want in your life, and your behavior decides who stays in your life. ~ Ziad Abdelnour
Tonight's Foundation Walk photos feature the Zumba session at the Walk. This is the fourth year we have had Zumba, and the session is conducted by Jenny Cavanaugh. Jenny is my zumba instructor and I met Jenny when Mattie was in kindergarten. Mattie and Jenny's daughter were in the same kindergarten classroom. However, it wasn't until years after Mattie died that I started to take zumba classes with Jenny.
Jenny kindly offers her skills and talents for free at the Walk and gets many of us moving and jumping around. It turns out, I hear, that people in attendance like watching those of us who participate. There is something about zumba that provides community fun and spirit to the event!
This year it was like exercising in a sauna. The humidity and the temperature on the AstroTurf were a killer. Yet you can see some of us bravely did it anyway!
From left to right are Nicole (Tricia's daughter), Tricia (Mattie's favorite HEM/ONC nurse), Ilona (Co-Founder of the Chris Lantos Foundation), my mom, and Heidi (a Mattie Miracle Supporter).
The trio -- my mom, Ilona, and Heidi
I do not know who this it, but I call him our "zumba fellow!" He was the brave guy who got out there and danced with us and did a great job!!!
I love this photo..... the smile and the happiness of moving to music! This is one of our volunteer's doing zumba!
Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2002. Mattie was five months old and eating up a storm. He was getting the hang of the notion of using a spoon, but Mattie had a mind of his own. He did not like his high chair and preferred eating in his car seat. That car seat served many purposes! It wasn't only used in the car! Of course there came a point that Mattie no longer fit in the seat and therefore had to transition to a high chair. That too was an adjustment which took time and coaxing.... first sitting in the chair for short periods of time with toys, without being latched in or having the tray table in front of him, to eventually learning to get used to sitting with the table latched into the seat so he could eat.
Quote of the day: Time decides who you meet in life, your heart decides who you want in your life, and your behavior decides who stays in your life. ~ Ziad Abdelnour
Tonight's Foundation Walk photos feature the Zumba session at the Walk. This is the fourth year we have had Zumba, and the session is conducted by Jenny Cavanaugh. Jenny is my zumba instructor and I met Jenny when Mattie was in kindergarten. Mattie and Jenny's daughter were in the same kindergarten classroom. However, it wasn't until years after Mattie died that I started to take zumba classes with Jenny.
Jenny kindly offers her skills and talents for free at the Walk and gets many of us moving and jumping around. It turns out, I hear, that people in attendance like watching those of us who participate. There is something about zumba that provides community fun and spirit to the event!
This year it was like exercising in a sauna. The humidity and the temperature on the AstroTurf were a killer. Yet you can see some of us bravely did it anyway!
From left to right are Nicole (Tricia's daughter), Tricia (Mattie's favorite HEM/ONC nurse), Ilona (Co-Founder of the Chris Lantos Foundation), my mom, and Heidi (a Mattie Miracle Supporter).
The trio -- my mom, Ilona, and Heidi
I do not know who this it, but I call him our "zumba fellow!" He was the brave guy who got out there and danced with us and did a great job!!!
I love this photo..... the smile and the happiness of moving to music! This is one of our volunteer's doing zumba!
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