Sunday, April 21, 2019
I do not have an electronic copy of this photo. So today, I literally took a photo of a photo hanging in our hallway. I believe it was taken around Easter of 2005. So Mattie would have been three years old.
I remember taking Mattie to the mall that particular day to visit with the Easter Bunny. Mattie wasn't into these life sized characters, as he found them a bit scary. Which is why I only have one formal photo of Mattie with Santa and one with the Bunny. But to me this photo is priceless.
Quote of the day: A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures. ~ James Faust
No Easter is quite the same without our bunny. I decided to post two more photos of Mattie throughout the years.... he loved learning about the meaning of Easter, Easter egg hunts, and celebrating the beauty of spring.
Ten Easters without Mattie seems unthinkable, and yet we, like so many other bereaved parents, live the impossible. Our thoughts are with our supporters and of course with families who lost a child to cancer, as we will forever experience one empty seat at the table.
We were invited out to brunch today. While walking to the restaurant, another restaurant was featuring the Easter bunny! I waved to the bunny and passed him by. But then I asked Peter to go back so I could take a photo with the Bunny. The Bunny happily compiled. I posted it on Facebook and said.... "for Mattie!"
We went out to brunch today with my friend Ann and her family. Her daughter Abbie, was a classmate of Mattie's and I would say it is a disorienting experience sometimes to see and interact with Mattie's classmates. I say this because in my mind Mattie will always be 7 and I expect his classmates to also be frozen in time. Of course that isn't rational, but there is a lot about grief that makes no sense.
On holidays, Peter and I typically don't know what to do or how to celebrate them. So going out was definitely a diversion today. After brunch we took Sunny for close to a four mile walk. He loved it and for once I think we wore him out!
I do not have an electronic copy of this photo. So today, I literally took a photo of a photo hanging in our hallway. I believe it was taken around Easter of 2005. So Mattie would have been three years old.
I remember taking Mattie to the mall that particular day to visit with the Easter Bunny. Mattie wasn't into these life sized characters, as he found them a bit scary. Which is why I only have one formal photo of Mattie with Santa and one with the Bunny. But to me this photo is priceless.
Quote of the day: A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures. ~ James Faust
No Easter is quite the same without our bunny. I decided to post two more photos of Mattie throughout the years.... he loved learning about the meaning of Easter, Easter egg hunts, and celebrating the beauty of spring.
Ten Easters without Mattie seems unthinkable, and yet we, like so many other bereaved parents, live the impossible. Our thoughts are with our supporters and of course with families who lost a child to cancer, as we will forever experience one empty seat at the table.
We were invited out to brunch today. While walking to the restaurant, another restaurant was featuring the Easter bunny! I waved to the bunny and passed him by. But then I asked Peter to go back so I could take a photo with the Bunny. The Bunny happily compiled. I posted it on Facebook and said.... "for Mattie!"
We went out to brunch today with my friend Ann and her family. Her daughter Abbie, was a classmate of Mattie's and I would say it is a disorienting experience sometimes to see and interact with Mattie's classmates. I say this because in my mind Mattie will always be 7 and I expect his classmates to also be frozen in time. Of course that isn't rational, but there is a lot about grief that makes no sense.
On holidays, Peter and I typically don't know what to do or how to celebrate them. So going out was definitely a diversion today. After brunch we took Sunny for close to a four mile walk. He loved it and for once I think we wore him out!
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