Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2009. This was the first Mattie Walk, that was hosted by our care and support community. They wanted Mattie to know they were behind him and were celebrating his pending end of treatment. Of course none of us knew that 6 weeks off of treatment, Mattie's cancer was going to spread everywhere. The Foundation has built off of this Walk, but the premise of the Walk started when Mattie was alive. What I love about this photo was you may notice that Mattie was looking at the ground! As if he lost something, or was looking for something he dropped! What he was looking for were.... tent moth caterpillars. He actually came home that day from the Walk with about 6 of them! Not unusual, since Mattie loved to watch the metamorphosis process every spring. Next to Mattie is Zachary, Mattie's closest preschool buddy and pushing Mattie in the wheelchair is Brandon, Mattie's big buddy from the hospital. But who I also notice in the background of this photo was Margaret. My friend and Mattie's preschool teacher who died last June after battling ALS. 


Quote of the day: If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody. ~ Chinese Proverb

I am too tired to write tonight, but I did want to post this beautiful photo my good friend Mary Ann sent me. We call this glorious rose bush, "Margaret's bush." It is a rose bush near where Mary Ann lives. After Margaret died, Mary Ann would pass this bush and think about Margaret. Especially after I mentioned that Margaret loved and cultivated all kinds of roses. As a tribute to Margaret's death, I began to collect photos of roses and Mary Ann sent me several, including some from this bush. So in a way we like to follow the health and look of this bush throughout the seasons. To me, today's sight was glorious despite the grey skies.