Tonight's picture was taken on May 21, 2008. This was classic Mattie! Every spring Mattie would bring home tent moth caterpillars from his school's playground. The first time Mattie did this, he was in preschool. But the tradition continued for years. SO much so that I had the jars to keep them in, and we had a whole strategy on how to feed and clean their jars. You wouldn't think that caterpillars could be messy, but they are. They eat and eat, but also have output!!! When Mattie first brought these loves home, I honestly did not know what they ate. I suppose I could have googled it, but we did trial and error. We tried all the leaves around our home. They didn't like them! The only leaves they would eat were oak leaves. Thankfully we have one large oak tree near our home, and literally we had to stuff leaves into the jar every other day because they would get consumed. After about two weeks of eating, they then would spin a cocoon and about five days later would emerge as a moth. We had many moth releasing parties on our deck!
Quote of the day: For it is in giving that we receive. ~ Francis of Assisi
We are attending the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Educational Specialists (APHOES) Conference (http://www.aphoes.wildapricot.org/page-1860748). We were invited to APHOES' conference in Columbus, OH in May of 2014. They asked us to be their keynote speakers. From that moment on, we have remained connected with this group. They are a wonderful, warm, dynamic, and innovative group of professionals who contributed to the school standard in our psychosocial standards of care. It is very touching that two years later, they would invite us back to their conference and grant us the Bridge Award.
Here is a description of the award.........................................
The APHOES Bridge Award recognizes the contributions of an individual or group whose work reflects the mission of APHOES: bridging the gap between hospital and school for children with cancer and blood disorders.
APHOES supports and honors the commitment and expertise of those who have had an impact upon the educational outcomes of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology patients. The APHOES Bridge Award will be awarded annually, with the inaugural award presented at the 2014 conference.
Individuals and groups outside of APHOES perform a wide range of critical roles that enhances the ongoing work of APHOES. They may advise, advocate, legislate, fund, discover, invent, and promote, in support of the goals of our organization. This award is intended to honor the special accomplishments of individuals or groups whose efforts provide a benefit to APHOES, its members, or the children, families, and schools we serve.
Street is interesting, but it is hard to know what to look at first. The structures or the people. We ran into groups upon groups just wandering the streets drinking beer, on a Wednesday at 2pm.
The restaurant we ate at was Blues City and literally their tag line is "put a little south in your mouth."
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