Tonight's picture was taken on December 5, 2007. That day I went into Mattie's kindergarten classroom as a parent visitor. I read the class a Jan Brett book entitled, The Gingerbread Baby, and then had the children decorate their own gingerbread cookie. I baked each of those cookies and the cookies looked just like the character in the book. Mattie's preschool teacher, Margaret, gave us this special book. She and I both liked the fact that the main character in the book was named "Matti." Of course so did my Mattie! Needless to say this activity was a big hit that day!!!
Quote of the day: One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something. ~ Henry David Thoreau
All the envelopes you see here will be mailed this week. It has been a lot of work, but each December Peter and I feel it is important to send greetings to our supporters. In addition, this letter also announces our December annual drive, in which we try to raise funds for the Foundation.
Our Foundation's PO Box is located in Arlington, VA and it is at this site that I met an outstanding post office employee years ago named Darryl. Darryl is a one of a kind. He helps everyone and he does it with an amazing smile and grace. The Post Office needs to clone Darryl! I rather drive 20 minutes and over the river to visit Darryl than interact with anyone at my own local post office. Darryl looks out for our Foundation's mailbox and on his tie he wears a Mattie Miracle awareness pin throughout the year!
Though the Post Office customer line was out of control today, Darryl handled all my questions, found the right stamps and quantity for me, and then gave me these mail trays to help organize the letters. It will make it easier when I drop them off to him later in the week! Darryl is definitely one of the people I am thankful for and he is one of the special people that has come into my life because of Mattie Miracle!
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