Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2002. Mattie was seven months old and was always intrigued by books. He loved looking at the pictures and hearing stories. Mattie loved to be talked to, to hear conversations, and wanted to be a part of all engagements with people. In kindergarten, his teachers thought it was a riot that he would use words like.... "apparently" and make observations of others and so forth. But in so many ways, I think Mattie was very sensitive to his environment, to those around him, and in a way understood he on some level he did not have much time with us, and therefore really packed a lot into his seven short years with us.
Quote of the day: Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. ~ Abraham Lincoln
On Tuesday when I went to Georgetown Hospital and bumped into Jey, "Mattie's big brother" he was telling me his philosophy on birds. He feels that birds are the one constant in our lives. That no matter what season it is, every morning they greet us and are outside singing away. That is quite true. To Jey, he thinks about birds as being our deceased loved ones talking to us. It was a beautiful visual. Since I am the dedicated bird woman for our complex, feeding hundreds of birds in the winter, I relate to this notion that Jey shared with me. In any case, as I saw this gold finch today, I couldn't help but think about what Jey told me and of course think about Mattie. It was an unusual bird to see in the city and I feel this bright and bold cutie was sending me a message.
Grace was doing her "Y" during the YMCA spirit song around the track!
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