Sunday, April 23, 2017

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Tonight's picture was taken in 2006. It was Mattie's class photo during his first year of preschool. Lana (in pink on the left), Mattie's assistant teacher, posted this photo today on Facebook and shared it with me. Now that I see the photo, I remember it, but since it wasn't an electronic photo, I haven't seen it in years. It is truly hard to know that two people in this photo are dead.... Mattie and his teacher, Margaret (directly behind Mattie). When Mattie was in Margaret's class, I never imagined that I would have a personal experience with childhood cancer and ALS. Margaret and Lana created a beautiful class environment for the kids but also for the parents. Of the other 11 children in Mattie's class, 8 out of the 11 families are involved in the Foundation as volunteers and/or contributors. Amazing no?!


Quote of the day: A Mother's job is to keep her child safe...An Angel Mother's job is to keep her Child's memory alive. ~ Unknown

This beautiful rhododendron is blooming in Mattie's memorial garden outside our deck door in our common's space.

I am proud to say that Peter and I designed this word cloud for the front of our t-shirts this year. We are very grateful to our graphic artist, Kristen Thoman, who has been working with us since 2008. Kristen just understands us and the look we want to accomplish. Kristen helped design our Mattie Miracle logo, our walk logo, and now this word cloud. She does ALL her work for us pro-bono. 

Peter and I wanted to capture all the words that are meaningful to Mattie Miracle in one visual!

We visited my friend Christine today, who is our registration chair of the Walk. We delivered 400 Walk t-shirts to her, and she will take all these shirts and fold them and sort them into the appropriate box that corresponds to its size. A real labor of love. Being the registration chair is no easy feat on the day of the event, because she and her team provide set the tone for our event. If registration goes smoothly, people tend to be happier about participating. 

In tow with us was Sunny. After being such a good boy with the t-shirt drop off, we then took him for a walk. This particular tree made Sunny's day, as he spotted five squirrels in it. He could have sat there all day if we let him!