Saturday, May 9, 2015

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2009. Mattie made me a special mother's day gift while he was in the hospital. In fact, he spent several hours in the child life playroom with his art therapists designing this creation. What you can't see below the tissue paper flowers was a beautiful red pottery vase that Mattie created on a potter's wheel in clinic for me weeks before. Mattie wanted to surprise me with this gift and therefore I was banned from the playroom that day while he was creating. Once he was done, he came back to his hospital room and presented me with this mother's day surprise. To this day, this vase with tissue paper flowers can be found sitting on display in our living room. 


Quote of the day: A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~ Washington Irving

Our day started bright and early as we wanted to be on the road, headed back to Washington, DC, so we could pick up our Foundation's Walk posters before 3:30pm, when the print shop closed. I also knew that it was important to review the posters to make sure they were printed correctly so that if they weren't I would have a few days to rectify the problem. I am glad I actually did that today!

When we arrived home, we were greeted with all these boxes in our front hallway. Thankfully Maria, our friend and huge Mattie Miracle supporter, who works in our complex, let me know while I was away that we received a TON of packages. Maria was going to have someone from our complex come with a cart and deliver them to our unit. Maria did us a MAJOR favor, because I had no idea the extent of how many packages she was referring to until I actually ran right into them as we entered our doorway. After a full day of presenting yesterday and traveling today, the thought of carrying all of these heavy boxes from the front deck of our complex to our unit was unbearable. We are too exhausted. So Maria's efforts are greatly appreciated! 

Here is another photo of all the boxes. In any case, Peter and I processed through the items in the boxes for the Walk and I was able to dig out of the emails I received over the last two days. I am happy to report that the current Walk fundraising grand total is over $50,000!