Sunday, January 17, 2020

Sunday, January 17, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken in January of 2009. Mattie was home between treatments and a teacher from Mattie's school came over to give him a piano lesson that day. This teacher was NOT a music teacher at the school, but did know how to play the piano and was eager to teach Mattie. It was her suggestion, which I appreciated. The keyboard in front of Mattie was given to him by Jerry and Nancy (the dynamic musical duo who volunteered at the hospital and became attached to Mattie). I will never forget the kindness, care, and compassion shown to us by Mattie's support community. 

Quote of the day: Today coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.

• number of people diagnosed with the virus: 23,871,070
• number of people who died from the virus: 397,008

What a time to live in DC! The city is in complete lock down, over and above COVID. I swear I am in a developing nation, not in the USA. This is the sight we have in front of our building. National Guard and police completely blocking the street! Basically no way to get to the National Mall!

Beside that sight, we also have TENTS all around us in front of our building! Why our complex is doing nothing about this is infuriating, as they have a lot more clout within the city than ONE PRIVATE RESIDENT! I left DC in December and I came back to a major encampment!

This is the encampment I am referring to! In addition to the tents, these folks urinate, defecate, leave garbage, and smoke pot at our doorstep! Of course in the eyes of DC government, I AM THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM! 

This is quite a welcome home! We are surrounded by military trucks, National Guard HOLDING automatic weapons, and bridges and street closed for at least a week.