Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2005. I literally lost many photos like this one in my computer files.Thankfully however, we use Shutterfly. Which has stored all our photos safely over the years. Since before Mattie was born! I downloaded many photos that I haven't seen in years today. This was one of them! We went to the Outer Banks that summer with Mattie and the house we rented had a lovely swing on the front porch. After a full day, we both took to the swing as you see here. Mattie though wasn't a napper and didn't shut down until bedtime. So the swing was a wonderful way in which we could pause for a break and yet still be moving! 



Quote of the day: Be faithful in the small things because it is in them that your strength lies. ~ Mother Teresa


Today there was a blog posting on Dominion Consulting's website regarding our Walk. Dominion is our largest corporate sponsor of the Walk, and has been funding us since 2011. We are truly honored to have both their financial and on the ground support at our events. Read the posting below.................

Dominion Consulting:
http://dominionconsulting.com/fun-mattie-miracle-cancer-foundation-walk-family-festival/#more-49421

As promised, here are more photos from the Walk. I am so thankful to our photographer Herman Farrer, because Peter and I are literally all over the place running the event that we actually do not get to enjoy or see all aspects of it. We are always grateful to see the Walk through Herman's eyes! I told Herman that I was looking over previous Walk photos, prior to hiring a professional photographer, and there is a HUGE night and day difference between our home spun photos in years past versus photos by Herman. Herman captures the energy at our event beautifully! 


This year the 8th grade Boy Scout Troop at Mattie's school volunteered to build three GIANT Jenga sets. Jenga is a bit like pick up sticks. You play against someone, and you try to remove blocks without toppling over the tower. Obviously the one who topples the tower loses the game. 

One of Mattie's close friends is in this Boy Scout Troop, so it was very meaningful that he and his troop wanted to create three sets of Jenga for us using Mattie Miracle colors. They literally cut the wood to form blocks, built the base, and painted! Great job, no???

As you can see Jenga was a hit at the Walk. It attracted a lot of players.

Studying which block to remove!

In addition to Jenga, we had other traditional lawn games, like horseshoes, ladders (in which you try to throw a rope and hook it onto the ladders), and rollers. These are high school students at Mattie's school clearly engaged with the games. I like traditional games because for the most part kids don't get the opportunity anymore to play them. Now things are more electronic! Since Mattie wasn't into electronic devices, you won't be seeing them at the Walk. Instead, I believe going back to basics works time and time again.