Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2007. Mattie was five years old and looked like the picture of health. He was in his cute Christmas sweater and posing for a photo that was featured on the front of our holiday card that year. I just loved Mattie's antlers, Christmas train, and smile. He was the spitting image of the joy of the Christmas season.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 54,547,092
- Number of people who died from the virus: 825,394
I am happy to report that the doxycycline is making a big difference for me. I lost the horrible cough and the sinus pressure. So I feel like I am on the road to recovery, which is important because there is honestly no rest in our home.
It is hard to describe what each day looks like, but there are times I feel confined, with a complete loss of freedom. I have about 70 acknowledgment letters to write for the Foundation's annual drive, and to date, I have done 11. I am trying to find time to carve out to devote to things I need to do, but it just doesn't happen. Which can leave me frustrated to feeling hopeless. On a positive note, the Foundation brought in over $45,000 this fall (which includes the annual drive). It has been our best fundraising fall season to date.
I was happy my mom made some phone calls this morning, but what Peter and I have quickly learned in this house is that sound carries. There is NO privacy and no place one can find that is uninterrupted by sound and noise. Prior to Mattie getting cancer, sound did not bother me at all. I could work and operate under any condition. After Mattie died, my ability to concentrate has permanently changed. If I do not have silence, I can't think straight. So my current living conditions do agitate me and it is my hope that I find a way to compensate for this over time, but as Peter knows at the moment I just walk around the house saying..... I am going to blow!
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