Tonight's picture was taken in June 2009, at my friend Christine's house. Christine hosted a birthday party for Mattie in her backyard. She wanted him to have a party outside of the hospital. If you look closely on the table, you will see a HUGE roach cake. Not to mention Christine's husband, James, dressed up as a roach. Why? Because Mattie loved roaches. Not actual ones, because I don't think he ever saw one. But he knew roaches disgusted me and his nurses, so to a seven year old boy this was intriguing and he got great joy out of playing harmless pranks with rubber roaches on his hospital friends.
Quote of the day: At some of the darkest moments in my life, some people I thought of as friends deserted me-some because they cared about me and it hurt them to see me in pain; others because I reminded them of their own vulnerability, and that was more than they could handle. But real friends overcame their discomfort and came to sit with me. If they had not words to make me feel better, they sat in silence (much better than saying, "You'll get over it," or "It's not so bad; others have it worse") and I loved them for it. ~ Harold Kushner
It was fun to go out to dinner and we tried a different restaurant each night. For my own records I am writing them here, so I can remember which ones we ate at:
1) Prime Catch (Boynton Beach)
2) Charley's Crab (Palm Beach)
3) Ta-Boo (Palm Beach)
4) Pistache French Bistro (West Palm Beach)
5) Spoto's (Palm Beach Gardens)
6) Jetty's (Jupiter)
We are now back in DC. I was told in snowed and rained today. The winds are whipping and now the sun is out. So we had it all, and we are holding steady at 39 degrees. Big temperature difference from Florida!
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