Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2006. Each weekend we took Mattie to some outdoor park, trail, or experience. Being outdoors was where Mattie was happiest! Ironically, I wasn't an outdoor person at all, until I had Mattie. Now just like him, I prefer being outdoors. He trained me well. Got to love that smile.
Quote of the day: There are three constants in life...change, choice and principles. ~ Stephen Covey
I had a very long licensure board meeting today. The kind that makes my head spin. One of the issues discussed produced two camps of thinking. We debated this issue for close to an hour. If I have all the facts and feel strongly about something, then it will be very hard to sway me. As a leadership style, I am guided by my principles and at the end of the day, though you may disagree with me, I have found people appreciate my logic and candor. I was told by our leadership today that they were impressed with how I handled this difficult issue.
Some of my faithful readers may know that our friend, Tim, celebrates orange tie week every year around the time of Mattie's death. Tim wears an orange tie to work five days in a row and shares a photo with us daily. Who is Tim? Tim worked in the Georgetown Hospital office of development. Tim was our point of contact for philanthropy and we got to know each other well since 2011. Tim never met Mattie, but instead learned about him and his life through out blog and our stories.
Though Tim no longer works at Georgetown, our friendship continues, as does his tribute to Mattie.
So this was Monday's tie.
Mattie left me many gifts behind, and we consider Tim one of them.
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