Tonight's picture was taken on March 28, 2009. That weekend we took Mattie back to the hospital. NOT for treatment but to attend the opening of the child life art gallery. Mattie was proud to have his Lego story and model he created of an "ideal hospital room" on display. It was a special moment in time, where Mattie was surrounded by all his hospital buddies and for just a brief moment in time was having a good time. These are moments I remember always. In addition, the poster of Mattie's Lego story still hangs today in the hospital's gallery.
In March 2009, I actually took several photographs of Mattie's very clever model. How did this come about? Linda, Mattie's child life specialist asked Mattie and I to write or create what an ideal hospital room and space looks like. Mattie's medium of choice was Legos. Mattie spent about a week designing this with me at our home. I did not do any of the building, but we talked about what he wanted and while talking, Mattie would tweak his model.
Once the model was created, Mattie and I began playing with it! So it wasn't designed to just be looked at but to actively engage with it! Each of these Lego figures in the photo represented a character (Steve, Paul, Joe and of course engineer Mattie) in the hospital story we created. Each day we would add to the story and pick up where we left off.
This is the poster that exists in the Hospital gallery. Linda captured Mattie's story and framed it. I never knew that this poster would remain intact and in existence for longer than Mattie.
Quote of the day: We do not remember days; we remember moments. ~ Cesare Pavese
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