Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2009. What I love about this photo was it captured Mattie's spunk, flexibility, and sense of humor. Mind you his right leg had a CAST on it. That did not stop him from flinging both legs in the air and over his head while sitting on his hospital bed! I also love his left eye peaking out at me, because as always he had ONE eye on me most times. Sometimes I wasn't sure who was watching who....... was I watching Mattie or was he watching over me?!!!
Quote of the day: Tragedy was like that, a razor that sliced through time, severing the now from the before, incising the what-might-have-been from reality as cleanly as any surgeon's blade. ~ Kristin Hannah
Tonight I am posting an article from the Boston Globe about the eight year old boy, Martin Richard, who lost his life at the Boston Marathon. Seeing his picture makes the reality EVEN worse and very real. He had life in his eyes and was a cutie. I did not realize that his mom and sister were also injured in the explosion. In the article, they interviewed a 10 year old girl who went to school with Martin. She was asked how she felt, and she naturally said, "scared" but then she said "I never know where they are.” Her mother clarified the statement by saying that her daughter meant.... “Where the bad people are.” What a commentary, that at age 10, this young girl understands this concept. The concept is something that we as adults have trouble accepting and that is we are NOT in control and our fate is out of our hands.
Martin Richard now a symbol: http://www.bostonglobe.com/2013/04/16/dorchester-neighbors-mourn-martin-richard-year-old-boy-killed-boston-marathon-bombings/keiXi55ZFf2YGityy16EuN/story.html
After Mattie's battle with cancer and certainly his death, all of this changed me. Naturally that probably makes sense to some extent, but some of the changes are radical. I no longer like large groups of people and forget about crowds. Being in a large crowd is not only overwhelming to me auditory wise but I do not like feeling trapped in a space with a lot of people. I am not saying I can't do this, I can if I have to, but it isn't something I would gravitate to. Of course after seeing Monday's nightmare, it only further feeds my dislike for crowds.
It has been another day stuck in front of the computer. I am working on all sorts of things for the Foundation Walk and today Peter and I launched our 30 day countdown campaign to the Walk on Facebook. I have been counseled on the benefits of using social media for promoting the Walk. This will be our first year having such a significant Facebook presence, and only time will tell whether this is a valuable way of generating Walk registrations and naturally funds toward our $40,000 financial goal.
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