Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2008. Mattie was home and recovering from his limb salvaging surgeries. Our whole living room looked like a hospital room. Our couch was moved in front of our windows, so we could place a hospital bed where the couch used to be. In addition, we had IVs, a commode and the list went on!
Yet in the midst of all of this, we were desperate to try to get Mattie to eat something. That day what Mattie requested was chinese food. So rest assured whatever he felt like eating, we found it!
Quote of the day: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~ Thornton Wilder
Despite leaving the house at 9:20am, I did not get to the airport until 11:45am. Mind you the plane boarded at 12:10! I literally flew out of the car and ran from the arrival terminal to the departure terminal. It was impossible to drive the car into the departure part of the airport, that is how bad it was, so my parents dropped me off at arrivals.
When I checked my luggage the American Airlines person told me that I just made it because a minute later, they wouldn't have been able to guarentee my luggage getting onto the plane!
Needless to say, I was totally frazzled by the time I walked onto the plane. I never stopped moving and fortunately I can move quickly. This was my sight at take off!
1 comment:
Vicki, Tonight's quote holds so much meaning for me for the total truth it conveys. It is beautiful and might be one of those quotes, I write in my book of quotes.
Even looking somber and starring straight at the camera, Mattie is a beautiful child. I looked at his eyes and wondered as I have done through the years, just what children so young really think about all the suffering they are experiencing. To go from a period of time in their life that is free of pain, filled with fun activities, friends, to one where life is limiting, pain is frequent and not much if anything is like it was.
I am glad you snapped all photos of Mattie. They are all part of Mattie's life story. I am hoping more people take a good look att this photo because many people have a totally different picture in their heads of how a child in treatment for Cancer looks. The truth is important
I will always think each & every picture of Mattie is beautiful!
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