Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 -- Mattie died 296 weeks ago today.

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2004. This was a classic Mattie move! Peter caught it on camera, which I am very happy about. Mattie used to put his cheek up to mine and then squeeze as tightly as he could. For a little person his grip seemed super strong, but I remember his skin to be incredibly soft! 



Quote of the day: No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. ~ Calvin Coolidge


The crazy pace continues! I feel like a rat on a thread mill. If one wanted to know what I do in any given day, it would be hard to describe, but I assure you it isn't pretty. It is one task after the other, after the other. It is almost sickening. It gets to the point that I am so programmed, it is hard to slow down and function on living, sleeping, or eating. Which is why post-Walk is also a major adjustment and let down if you will. 

This evening one of the things we worked on was designing this big poster display for our cup distribution table. Each walk team is assigned a cup color. Each time a team member completes a lap around the track, they earn a colorful cup that can be placed in the challenge wall, which is a chain link fence. The goal is to fill the challenge wall by the end of the walk. The team with the most number of cups in the wall by the end of the event, wins the challenge! 

When I talk about the challenge wall and sticking cups through it, this is an example of what I am talking about! It is my hope that this new walk concept motivates people to walk and engages folks this year. Clearly the team concept has taken off and has really helped us raise over $17,000 for the Foundation!