Tonight's picture was taken on October 23, 2007. We took Mattie to a fall festival that day and he was doing one of his favorite activities there.... going down long slides on a piece of cloth. The irony is when Mattie first saw these slides two years before, he was scared of them. It took great coaxing and to go down them on Peter's lap for Mattie to appreciate the thrill. However, once Mattie got the gist of it, he loved it and wanted to do it himself. Despite his independence, Peter was always at the top of the hill and I was always at the bottom of the hill to keep a close eye on Mattie. As Mattie's parent, I tried to be proactive and think ahead of all the possible things that could wrong and to try to mitigate them. Childhood cancer however, was never on my list until it happened.
Quote of the day: I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. ~ Gilda Radner
This is a new one for us! Typically the candy comes rolling in after Halloween, but this year it is occurring a week before! We love to see the energy and enthusiasm our community has for the Candy Drive.
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