Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2009. Mattie was home between hospital stays and that day we took him for walk around our neighborhood and the National Mall. Outside of our complex, was a bank of azaleas. So we stopped to take a spring photo and I am so glad that Peter captured this special moment of us together.
Quote of the day: Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. ~ Bob Kerrey
- It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. ~Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Dwell in possibilities. ~ Emily Dickenson
Overall, I find it very difficult to be able to talk freely with my parents around. As I am typically juggling their needs and issues. My dad was lying in his recliner while we were chatting at the breakfast table, but of course he never stays seated for very long. So of course, I was up taking him to the bathroom. Then I have noticed that my mom gets distracted easily now, and literally she turned to her cell phone while sitting at the breakfast table and was listening to something in the background. While we were trying to talk, mind you. I managed through all of it, but honestly I can't handle visits that are more than two hours long, because trying to look and appear normal for this period of time takes energy. Energy I do not have! Heidi understood this, so it was a perfectly timed visit, and it gave us some sort of opportunity to reconnect and catch up. Which to me is important, as I feel like I am living on my own private dysfunctional island most days.
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