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Tonight's picture was taken in October of 2005. Mattie was three and a half years old and we were headed to a Halloween party at the University. My students were hosting an event for the community and they invited Mattie. As you can see, Mattie was a calico cat that year. He and I made this costume using a black sweat suit, we cut out felt patches and glued them onto the suit. We even took one of my head bands and added ears and a pair of my black tights became a tail. I am so happy Peter captured this photo because Mattie never celebrated Halloween that year. Mattie landed up in the hospital with sepsis from an undiagnosed ear infection. Thankfully, we saved the costume and Mattie used it in 2006.
Quote of the day: Loss is like a wind, it either carries you to a new destination or it traps you in an ocean of stagnation. You must quickly learn how to navigate the sail, for stagnation is death. ~ Val Uchendu
Typically opening the mail is a very stressful process in my household. My mom panics with every correspondence, bill, or statement. This week, Peter decided to hold all bills and other financial documentation until today. So after breakfast, once I got my dad's exercise routine done and he was in his recliner, I presented the mail to my mom. I told her it was yesterday's mail and that I was going to sit with her and work on it with her. That way it would go faster. I wasn't sure how this was going to work. I prepared myself with a meltdown. Turns out, this was a great way to do it. I opened everything and we discussed it together, and then I went to pay bills and file things using her system in her office. It was a brilliant plan and hoping we can continue today's experience because the daily nightmare of panicking, yelling, and her cursing have become too much for me to handle. What my parents don't understand is that I have a lot of other things to do, other than manage their needs and routine.
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