Thursday, April 13, 2023

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Tonight's picture was taken on Easter of 2006. That day we took Mattie to his favorite restaurant for brunch. Ironically I did not know there was going to be visits from the Easter Bunny! So I couldn't prepare Mattie. When this giant Bunny came over to Mattie, he was very scared. But then I explained that this was a friendly Bunny who wanted to wish him a Happy Easter. Mattie agreed to a photo and to me this was a precious moment in time. It was completely unplanned, and I have found those are the best moments in life. 

Quote of the day: Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness. ~ Seneca

This morning, Peter sent me this photo from Seattle! He is in the Reverba office and as I told him he is looking great. Considering that he has had very long days since Monday, but I am glad he made the trip, as it has been a very fruitful and important first week at work!

A 9am we received a delivery! This flowers are from Peter's boss, welcoming him to the company. This arrangement most definitely has a West coast flair! The anthuriums from Hawaii are beautiful!

Meanwhile outside our home has been a set of tree trunks. Our neighbor is working on her backyard and I understand why in this case all these trees had to go. Some were unhealthy and dangerous. As of this afternoon, all of these logs are gone. 

I spent the morning going through items donated to Mattie Miracle for our toiletry drive in memory of Mattie's 21st birthday. 

I created a composition with all of the items in front of Mattie's Mr. Sun painting! When the items are in boxes, they don't look as impressive. Out of the boxes, it is very clear how generous our supporters are!

I love to put all the donated items together to feature in our April newsletter, as I believe it is important for supporters to see the work we are doing and how their donations make a huge difference. 

A close up of all these wonderful products!

This afternoon I took my parents out to lunch. Ironically this is the same restaurant featured above with the Easter Bunny! My family has been going to this restaurant in Alexandria for decades! For us it is like walking into Cheers (the TV show). So many people know our names!

Today the restaurant treated my dad to his entire lunch and when chocolate ice cream was brought out with a candle, we all started singing. My dad has his hand up to thank the table behind us who was singing loudly and joining along!

When I got home, I did chore after chore. But Peter text messaged me to let me know that our little neighbors came over to ring our door bell while I was away! The beauty of the Ring doorbell, is that Peter can track it from anywhere. Any case, I text messaged my neighbor and she encouraged me to come outside with her and the kids for a golf cart ride around the neighborhood! So I stopped what I was doing and DID IT! For 15 minutes we zoomed around the neighborhood, people waved to us, and we chatted! I told her it was like THERAPY ON WHEELS!