Tonight's picture was taken in January of 2006. Mattie was sitting on a rocking duck. A duck that belonged to Peter when he was a child. I am not sure what Mattie loved more about the duck.... the fact that it rocked or that he knew this was a toy Peter had loved.
Quote of the day: I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate. ~ George Burns
In typical DC fashion, the government and schools were closed today. Frankly any threat of snow causes panic in our region. I had the pleasure of walking Sunny and I can attest to the fact that the side walks were like ice skating rinks. Because of the ice, I landed up walking in the snow banks. So I felt like I got a work out as it isn't easy trudging through 7 inches of snow for close to 3 miles.
I would like to share the Mattie Miracle 10th Anniversary video with you. I have been working on it for two weeks. I can't tell you the journey I have been on to find the right song that plays in the background of the video. I wanted something that did not sound solemn (as we are celebrating the Foundation and its achievements), but I also felt a happy song wouldn't do either. Especially given the content we are highlighting and of course why the Foundation was created to begin with.
Initially I created this video to show to teenagers, as we are presenting at Mattie's school on January 22. However, as I was developing this video, it dawned on me..... this video should have multiple purposes. It isn't just for this presentation, which is why the video evolved into our 10th anniversary video. The goal of this video was to explain our mission and highlight how we go about achieving it. I would say it does this well, and one thing I learned from our November 2018 - Bourbon & Bites Bash, and that is, not all of our supporters know what we do. Therefore, I think having access to this four minute video will help with our current supporters as well as making new Foundation friends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l13RgECGmls
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