Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2002. Mattie was seven months old. I remember buying that puppy hat for Mattie, and though he did not like wearing hats, I think this was a great hat for him. Mattie did not like his stroller, in fact, his favorite way to traffic was in a back pack. He tolerated this front carrier, but he wasn't a fan of it either. In many ways Mattie wanted to move right into walking and running! He skipped crawling altogether!
Quote of the day: Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ~ Jim Rohn
To me this quote is brilliant, because that is how I feel my day went today. The day ran me and I never caught up with everything I needed to do. It is wonderful to get away from my daily grind, but I find when I do, there is a price to pay for coming back. So Monday hit me with a bang and my list of to dos still seems almost endless. Not to mention tedious.
I am working on multiple Foundation things in parallel.... our mass mailing to 400 supporters, the writing of a November and December newsletter, updating our website with content, answering emails and inquiries, and the list goes on.
I remember when I was in grad school, people would joke with me about whether I ever slept. They felt I got too much done for sleep to be possible. That always brought me a chuckle, but fortunately I have this stamina, because running a Foundation with NO admin staff is complicated. Recently I had a mental health provider in California reach out to me because she wanted to meet me at Mattie Miracle headquarters to discuss the Foundation and our work. This professional is read our psychosocial standards of care and she had told me on multiple occasions that the standards have helped to secure and validate her job at her medical institution.
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