Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2009. What I love about this photo was the line up of cars in Mattie's food container. From an early age Mattie always loved having a toy of some kind in his hands. A car or truck was always with us. Linus had his security blanket in the Peanuts cartoon and Mattie had his vehicles. Many times we engaged Mattie in play in order to distract him enough to eat. Sometimes it worked and other times it was a losing battle. But I learned early on in the cancer battle..... I wasn't going to make nutrition an issue. Mattie did not need that pressure (despite all the pressure I received from the dietitian -- which was a riot because even well I wouldn't eat hospital food, much less being on chemo like Mattie). We tried to follow Mattie's needs and ques and I found that was what ideally worked for him.
Quote of the day: A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives. ~ Jackie Robinson
When we got home we hit the ground running with grocery shopping, cleaning up our deck area, and processing Foundation Walk donations and addressing other planning issues.
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