Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2002. Mattie was 8 months old and therefore it was his first Christmas with us. I remember wanting to take the PERFECT photo of him for the cover of our family Christmas card. Literally I brainstormed how and where this photo should be taken. Then we had an early snowfall in November. The snow inspired me. I dragged Mattie's entertainment saucer onto our deck. I covered it in a red plaid blanket, dressed Mattie up in his Santa suit, and out he went. He did not know what on earth was happening. Peter and I were on the deck, jumping up and down trying to get Mattie's attention and to get a smile. We took LOTS of photos that day, but this was what made it to the cover of our card!
Quote of the day: The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~ Henry Ford
Peter and I are headed to Boston today for Christmas. The last time we celebrated Christmas in Boston was in 2006. The world looked differently for us back then! Since Mattie died I have been either at my parent's house in Los Angeles or my friend Ann's house in Virginia. Christmas is a rather unsettling time for us and for the most part I just work on getting through the days and in all reality I am not sure what is worse..... the actual holidays or dealing with the days after the holidays. They present themselves with different challenges.
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