Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Tonight's picture was taken on July 25, 2009. The last birthday I celebrated with Mattie alive. That day, he designed a lovely lighthouse birthday card for me with the help of my in-laws. Mattie knew I loved lighthouses, and I think with more time, he would have been just as fascinated with them as I am.
But check out that smile! I honestly do not know where Mattie found the energy or inner happiness to smile. Given all he endured and the fact that cancer was rapidly spreading throughout his body, he was absolutely amazing.
Quote of the day: The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~ Lucile Ball
Another gray and rainy day in DC! This marks 5 days in a row of this delightful weather. Peter took me out to lunch at Fiola Mare today. This restaurant is very close to where we live. So we literally walked to lunch alongside the Potomac River. Thankfully while walking, there was no rain.
We had a lovely waiter today who was efficient and not obtrusive. Which has happened to us once before at this restaurant. But the food and setting are so special.
We had a lovely four course lunch. Peter started with a stone fruit salad. Are you aware of stone fruit, being cherries and peaches, or any fruit with a pit? Any case, Peter had a salad and I had gazpacho.
Then we got their famous lobster ravioli to split.
Peter had scallops and I had halibut. As you can see I ate most of it before I remembered to snap a photo of the dish. It was delicious.
For dessert we had a lemon spumoni, a dessert with bing cherries and ricotta gelato, as well as their complimentary birthday dessert. Lunch was my favorite part of the day! It was a lunch to remember.
Meanwhile, tomorrow we are going to a check signing party at Children's Hospital at Sinai. For every check signing we have ever done, I always bake cupcakes.
Mattie loved cupcakes while he was undergoing cancer treatment. In fact, we used the cupcakes as incentives to do physical therapy. So by bringing cupcakes to our check signings, Mattie is always with us.
This year I found sugar shaped butterflies. So I added them to the top of the cupcakes. As my loyal readers know, butterflies are the symbolic creatures in nature that remind me of Mattie.
Tonight's picture was taken on July 25, 2009. The last birthday I celebrated with Mattie alive. That day, he designed a lovely lighthouse birthday card for me with the help of my in-laws. Mattie knew I loved lighthouses, and I think with more time, he would have been just as fascinated with them as I am.
But check out that smile! I honestly do not know where Mattie found the energy or inner happiness to smile. Given all he endured and the fact that cancer was rapidly spreading throughout his body, he was absolutely amazing.
Quote of the day: The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~ Lucile Ball
Another gray and rainy day in DC! This marks 5 days in a row of this delightful weather. Peter took me out to lunch at Fiola Mare today. This restaurant is very close to where we live. So we literally walked to lunch alongside the Potomac River. Thankfully while walking, there was no rain.
We had a lovely waiter today who was efficient and not obtrusive. Which has happened to us once before at this restaurant. But the food and setting are so special.
We had a lovely four course lunch. Peter started with a stone fruit salad. Are you aware of stone fruit, being cherries and peaches, or any fruit with a pit? Any case, Peter had a salad and I had gazpacho.
Then we got their famous lobster ravioli to split.
Peter had scallops and I had halibut. As you can see I ate most of it before I remembered to snap a photo of the dish. It was delicious.
For dessert we had a lemon spumoni, a dessert with bing cherries and ricotta gelato, as well as their complimentary birthday dessert. Lunch was my favorite part of the day! It was a lunch to remember.
Meanwhile, tomorrow we are going to a check signing party at Children's Hospital at Sinai. For every check signing we have ever done, I always bake cupcakes.
Mattie loved cupcakes while he was undergoing cancer treatment. In fact, we used the cupcakes as incentives to do physical therapy. So by bringing cupcakes to our check signings, Mattie is always with us.
This year I found sugar shaped butterflies. So I added them to the top of the cupcakes. As my loyal readers know, butterflies are the symbolic creatures in nature that remind me of Mattie.
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