Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2002. Mattie was seven months old and as you can see sitting with me on the couch. We started reading to Mattie at a young age and he certainly loved the pictures and hearing me tell a story. Mattie had some favorite books, one of which was Goodnight Moon. Peter and I read this SO often, we almost had it memorized!
Quote of the day: But, instead of what our imagination makes us suppose and which we worthless try to discover, life gives us something that we could hardly imagine. ~ Marcel Proust
It seems to me that life gives us a whole lot of "somethings that we could hardly imagine." In the past few days, or I should say weeks, I have heard one nightmare cancer story after the other. I do think this clouds your mind and spirit after a while. I find ironically that I can help other families whose child has cancer. But when it comes to cancer impacting people I personally know, well this truly is different. Helping others that I don't know, is a satisfying feeling, and I find being one step removed, protects me from actually living the journey with them. However, when it's someone I know, I can visualize everything from how the person will react, and truly the day to day management of the disease. In these moments, of course I think about Mattie and what he endured. Not to mention us. Yet I remind myself that Mattie's journey has to be for a reason, and the reason is that I can personally assist others in ways that others can't! When people are running away, I tend to be walking toward!
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