Monday, February 4, 2019

Monday, February 4, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken in February of 2009. Sitting on a paper towel, in Mattie's lap, was a cupcake! By this point in Mattie's treatment, he LOVED and craved cupcakes. So when ever we were home between hospital stays, I would bake cupcakes and bring two dozen of them into the hospital with us. These cupcakes served as rewards for participating in physical therapy. Of course at that point we were focused on getting to the end of treatment and recovery, so anything that inspired Mattie to move his body and learn to walk again, we did!


Quote of the day: The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. ~ Goethe

Check out these two!!! This is what mornings are like for Sunny and Indie! Well that is of course until I am dressed. Once I am dressed, Sunny is very good at herding me around to go outside, to get treats and meals! Got to love these two! In a way, they really are pals. 

Many years ago, Peter worked at Arthur Andersen. It may have been one of the best companies to work for, and the reason why is it started with the people who worked there. Bright, committed, dedicated, and collaborative go-getters. The demise of Andersen is still something we talk about. After Enron, everyone at Andersen dispersed and had to find new professional homes. Several people from Andersen started their own consulting firm, which later merged with TeraThink. 

When Mattie Miracle decided to recruit corporate sponsors to our Walk in 2011, we reached out to our former Andersen contacts who now work for TeraThink. Make a long story short, they took a chance on us, and in 2011, became our first corporate sponsor. Now ten years later, they still are an important part of our Foundation family. They are Walk sponsors, candy collectors for our Item Drives, and have helped us run policy events on Capitol Hill. 

Today we learned that TeraThink will be a 10th anniversary sponsor of our Walk. Which means that they are donating $10,000 to Mattie Miracle. Receiving their email was the highlight of my day, maybe week or month. We feel honored to have their support in all ways. In line with Goethe's quote tonight, TeraThink is one of our connections who make this world an "inhabited garden."

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