Tonight's picture was taken on April 4, 2009. Mattie's 7th and last birthday. Mattie was very excited that day because a handful of his closest friends came to the hospital to celebrate his birthday in the child life playroom. Mattie spent the day decorating the room and figuring out what games he wanted to play with his friends. After school, his friends came over and spent several hours with us playing games, having Georgetown Cupcakes, and even building a 3-D dinosaur puzzle. I am not sure who decided to take a photo of the three of us together, but I appreciate it. Peter and I reflected today that we have only a few photos of the three of us together at any point in Mattie's life. We were always the ones taking photos of Mattie or Mattie with others. Of course this was also before selfie technology was possible, which is a shame because I could have had many photos of the three of us together.
Quote of the day: Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. ~ Margaret Cho
We finished sorting all the items today and snapped a few photos to post on social media and in our upcoming newsletter.
Do you love Indie, our Tortoise Shell cat? Just walking around inspecting the items while we were snapping photos!
Half of our donation with go to MedStar Georgetown and the other half will go to Children's Hospital at Sinai. Our first delivery will occur this coming Tuesday.
Coffee, candy, crayons, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, razors and shaving cream, lip balm, toothpaste, toothbrushes, lotion, floss, child themed bandaids, and nail files.
TOTALLY AMAZING! We are very grateful our community was so generous in memory of Mattie's 16th birthday as we help other families caring for a child with cancer.
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