Tonight's picture was taken in June of 2008. Mattie was six years old and it was a month before he was diagnosed with cancer. That weekend we took Mattie to Bethesda to meet a friend and take part in the town's festival. There were all sorts of activity tents set up for children and Mattie of course gravitated to the one where he got to create. Mattie loved to paint and he was very familiar with painting flower pots, as he learned to do this in preschool. To this day, I still have many of Mattie's flower pot creations.
Quote of the day: The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ~ Mark Twain
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We ate outside, got to people watch and had a wonderful salad and flatbread, that we shared. Now if my mom wasn't here, I most definitely wouldn't have gone out. I would instead be working at the computer. It has been a real adjustment for me since my parent's moved in, because I rarely have time to focus, work, and think! Not being able to get work done makes me edgy and stressed out. Mainly because if I don't work, there is NO Mattie Miracle. It is a constant battle as I try to figure out this balancing act. But I know my mom needs a change of scenery, which is why, I knew I couldn't work today. I needed to come up with a plan.
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