Tonight's picture was taken on Valentine's Day of 2009. I have been posting a series of photos taken from that moment in time. When Mattie surprised me with a crown of paper hearts and a box filled with Mattie creations and valentine's. Mattie was very proud of his accomplishments that day, and worked for hours on this surprise with his art therapists. When I was invited back into the child life playroom, Jenny (Mattie's art therapist) snapped a wonderful series of photos. Photos that I consider some of my favorites now.
Quote of the day: Life is a question and how we live it is our answer. ~ Gary Keller
It was a very, very long day of traveling. I left by car for the airport at 9:30am, and now it is 11:15pm, and I am finally home and unpacked. The man who drove me to the airport was lovely. He basically told me his life story of immigrating to this Country from Armenia. I learned about his children, his wife, his philosophy on working hard, his religious beliefs, and his opinion about illegal immigration. He shared with me that many of his friends also lost their children to drug over dosages and how horrible he thinks legalizing any drug will be for our society. Needless to say it was a fascinating hour long drive, and I have to say I admire how this man came to this Country and made a life for himself and his children. I also admire how he has helped numerous people in his community turn their lives around. For example, he stopped three people from defacing property through graffiti. He literally jumped out of his car and stopped three men before they started spraying. He mentioned that his wife was frightened for his life while this was happening, but he gave the perpetrators a lecture about doing something more positive with their lives and that basically that after they made a mess, they wouldn't be feeling any better.
Checking into the airport was also easy, which was a first for Los Angeles International Airport. Literally I had people coming up to me today to offer to help me with my luggage. I was stunned. It all worked out great, until the flight itself.
It was 4.5 hours of turbulence. Not just any turbulence, but violent shaking. Needless to say, we did not have many opportunities to use the restroom, and even our descent was a pip. When we landed, we literally hit the runway with a bang! All I know is if I did not take Dramamine before boarding the plane, I would have definitely vomited all over the place. It was quite the welcome home.
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