Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2005. Mattie was three years old and lying on our bed. This wasn't unusual for Mattie. He loved spending time on our bed. Whether it was jumping on it, reading books, watching Scooby Doo or the list goes on. I remember on the weekends, Mattie would wake up, and come flying into our room. To let us know it was time to GET UP! Mattie would typically scurry over to my side of the bed and start poking at me. Mattie was like Peter, as they both are morning people! They just wake up ready to go.
Quote of the day: Find a need and fill it. ~ Ruth Stafford Peale
Mattie Miracle is proud to fund and stock our Snack and Item Cart at the Hospital. This Cart is offered FREE to families caring for children in the Hospital and contains candy, nutritious snacks, drinks, and toiletry items. Families LOVE the Cart and we thank all our supporters for making these sweet treats possible.
Tomorrow is our last VERY big delivery. We are renting another U-Haul to manage about thirty bins. Unfortunately we will receive more candy after Thanksgiving, about ten more bins. I have been working hard this week to find homes for this candy, and have identified two shelters (one in Alexandria, VA and one in Rockville, MD) thankfully! I truly hoped that tomorrow would be it for the candy, but I will make it work.
Meanwhile, we have a neighbor who was in an accident about a week ago. She is in her 70's, and was at a store when someone in front of her in line quickly turned around and banged into her. This caused her to immediately fall and with that broke an arm and leg. What absolutely stuns me is that the hospital released her and frankly they did not assess how well she would be able to manage her own care at home. Which of course she can't! She has an arm and leg cast! This afternoon and evening, we visited her and assessed what she needed help with. We literally vacuumed, cleaned, did her laundry, helped to change her and her bed linens, did her laundry, went grocery shopping, cooked her dinner, and got her back into bed. I hadn't planned on this today, but as I said to Peter, doing the right thing isn't always the easiest thing. Our neighbor had friends that stopped by to visit her briefly tonight. While there they watched us put away groceries, serve her dinner, and remake her bed with the clean sheets. The comment was.... wow..... you guys look like you know what you are doing! Rather funny! I have taken intense care of Mattie and my friend Mary (who was in her 80s). So I can quickly assess a situation and determine what is needed!
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