Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2005. It is one of my favorite photos I took of Mattie and Peter together. They were in the living room playing with Mattie's plastic food. Peter decided to do a bug face and as you can see Mattie joined right along!!
Quote of the day: There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes. ~ Abraham Lincoln
I know in the grand scheme of things and the with our world and the people around us in chaos/killing one another, this photo is not a problem!
As the Foundation Walk approaches, the details and endless chores compound themselves. I have very little patience with anything else in the months of April and May, until I feel that Mattie Miracle will make its financial goal. It is a lot of stress because besides doing the Foundation work, I also have to raise the money.
Now I say that, but starting next week, I will do my first art lesson at Mattie's school. This is the seventh year in a row that I have visited the school and worked with a kindergarten class on Matisse and Picasso. These children are the age at which I remember Mattie. Though Mattie would be 15 years old now and in high school, to me he will always be a kindergartner. I have no experience teaching this grade level, but I have the practical experience of raising Mattie, which does guide every lesson I do. Today however, I learned that one of the children in the class lost a mom to cancer. It is a tragic loss for this child and family, and I hear the school is stunned once again. I find cancer of all kinds tragic and even more disheartening that scientists have yet to cure this disease, and in the world of childhood cancer, I can say they have made very little progress in 20 years. Yet what I can say with certainty is this family will be forever scarred and I do believe lives are altered when an important piece of the family dies.
1 comment:
Vicki,
I actually think your passport picture looks good. We recently renewed ours also using CVS. They pulled a screen down from the ceiling, retook Ken's 3 times, then only took mine once, giving up, I think. What a process, when the picture quality is not that good. I liked yours.
I love the pictures, you post of Peter & Mattie goofing around. They are always fun.
I imagine the stress of your fundraiser can be very trying. Especially today, when everyone puts off until the last minute, signing up for things. I am still talking to people about walking. I also still want to get raffle tickets. Erin should be signed up by end of week
Your classroom lesson sounds amazing. I think this is such a great things that you do each year!!! Art appreciation is so important !
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