Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2008. Our last Christmas with Mattie. I will never forget that moment in time because Mattie was home from the hospital and was absolutely miserable. He was dealing with pain, anxiety and depression. Of course hospitals can't wait to discharge patients close to the holidays. I am sure they think this is where their patients want to be.... HOME! However in our case, we were better off in the hospital than at home. For multiple reasons, but mainly because in the hospital we weren't alone and we had constant support both medically and psychosocially. As you can see here, both Peter and Mattie had Christmas items on their head. We got these items from friends in our Team Mattie community. Mattie was in such a bad place emotionally that Peter decided to get goofy and encouraged Mattie to play along. So though this may look like a fun and light photo, it was anything but that!
Quote of the day: Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. ~ Matsuo Basho
By 3pm, Sunny had it with us! He wanted a long walk. He was a great excuse for me to stop working, to move away from my desk and to take a three mile walk!
This is the wonderful sight we saw along the Potomac River. The water was covered in fog and it was very surreal with Georgetown in the background.
As of tonight, work is done, we are packed and all four of us (Peter, me, Sunny, and Indie) are driving to Boston tomorrow. It should be a long trip and it is my hope that we have animals who like car travel!
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