Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2007. It is ironic, I am the one who always insists on photographs and yet I don't have any Christmas photographs in which all three of us are in the photo together. This is the ONLY one, which maybe why it is so special to me. When taking photos it never dawned on me that we wouldn't have more Christmases together.
Quote of the day: The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared. ~ Lois Lowry
By this point, I had already called Peter who met me to assess the situation. Meanwhile I also called my car dealership because in my opinion I feel like they did not put this part back correctly after giving my car an overhaul last week! This is truly not what I needed today, as I am dealing with trying to feel better. I am not sure what is worse, dealing with pain or dealing with the medication to conquer the pain.
In my email today I received this photo! It is from another childhood cancer organization called Just TRYAN It. This Foundation is named after Ryan, a childhood leukemia cancer survivor. Carrie, the previous executive director of Just TRYAN It, sent me this photo and the boy in the center of the photo is her son Will. Every Just TRYAN It race that the organization sponsors, Will participates and dedicates his race to Mattie. If you look closely, the racing bib Will is wearing has Mattie's name on it. The photo is priceless because of the fact that Will (who is Mattie's age) never met Mattie, yet his life story intrigues him and he wants to remember him. Carrie not only shared the photo with me, but she wanted me to know that this photo is going on the Just TRYAN It website! It is lovely that Mattie is memorialized in this way and that his story touched the life of a child who did not even know him.
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