Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2005. This was Mattie's second trip to the beach and by that summer, he was far more interested in going on the beach (unlike his first summer trip to the beach, where we wouldn't set foot on the beach). Mattie never really liked the water, but was eager to go on the sand. Mattie was a born builder, and loved making sandcastles! As you can see Peter snapped a photo of us sitting and looking at the water together. As we head to the beach on Sunday, I always remember our Mattie adventures.
Quote of the day: In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. ~ Tony Robbins
This was the first year we had craft tents. I have always wanted something like this but with planning and coordinating the walk, I did not have the brain power to devote to this. Thankfully our children's activity coordinator at the Walk, Debbie, agreed to take this on. Fortunately she is a teacher by training and absolutely understands the importance of making the craft easy to set up, self-explainable and doable. Also the beauty of these tents was it appealed to all ages. Though Debbie couldn't be at the walk, Lexi (the young woman you see pictured here and attends Virginia Tech), followed through on Debbie's plans.
1 comment:
Beautiful post for many reason! First I love the picture of you & Mattie and that your beach trips remind you of the ones with. Mattie!
I love your quote as I so often do. Many speak to me and my own personality. I loved your shout out to all the craft helpers. They were all so friendly & helpful!
Finally, mentioning Patti & Dylan. So many push aside people with tremendous grief. While I hear the reasons, I don't understand them.
So seeing her name, the acknowledging of her tremendous losses in this life of her children and Dylan of his Mom was so kind.
But then you are very Kind, Vicki
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