Sunday, March 4, 2012Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2002. Mattie was five months old and sitting on his floor mat. Mattie disliked tummy time and therefore I never put him in this position for long. Ironically as I look at his mat, I notice it was in the shape of a butterfly and hanging from it were stars and a sun. Rather fitting symbols that remind me of Mattie even today.
Quote of the day: You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. ~ Mary Tyler Moore
It seems that our weekends are as equally as busy as our weekdays. I am working hard on making the final push to get everything set for the Foundation's Symposium and Peter has been absolutely instrumental this weekend. He is my technology guru and if something can be done on the computer, then rest assured Peter will figure out how to do it. Peter helped me with a whole list of things and I imagine he is observing my stress level and looking for ways to take things off my plate. Which I appreciate! When our congressional co-sponsors of the Symposium arranged for us to have the event in the Capitol Hill Visitor Center on March 20th, they booked us a room that could hold 70 people maximum. I do not have the RSVP list for the congressional folks attending yet, but from the community alone, I have close to 50 people registered. Which tells me that there is a need for the type of venue we have been planning and I do think people want to delve into the cutting edge psychosocial research so they can advocate more effectively within their place of employment and for their own childhood cancer organizations. I am proud to say that amongst our Symposium attendees we have 11 states represented including: California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, DC.
I have another busy week coming up with meetings and doctors appointments. Quite a combination. As the week wears on, I do find that my headache gets worse. I am noticing however, that initially after acupuncture my head feels slightly better for a day or so. I am hoping this is a trend and not just coincidence. But unfortunately so far the relief is short lived. Tomorrow afternoon, I have my third treatment and as I tell the therapist, she has her work cut out for her.
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