Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2008. Mattie was a month into treatment, before he had any limb surgeries. That day, our neighbor brought over this cowboy teddy bear for Mattie. The artist who created it, even signed the boot and dedicated the bear to Mattie. Mattie LOVED having his own a life sized bear that was practically as tall as he was!
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 42,784,814
- Number of people who died from the virus: 686,372
It was another busy day on the Farm. In the midst of the never ending house work, we both have work to do, that has to get done! In addition to my everyday Foundation work, I am trying to develop a new psychosocial initiative for the Foundation and was asked to get involved in a joint project regarding sibling support for children with cancer. So I was on conference calls today and dedicated the day to updating the Foundation's website and writing September's newsletter that goes out next week.
I had a visit by our painting company today, as our laundry room is finally going to get painted! We have been dealing with holes in the wall, plaster, dust, and whatever you can imagine coming out of that room. Hopefully within the near future, major work will be done.
As September comes to a close, I wanted to share a video that the childhood cancer advocacy community created. So many work hard to ensure our landmarks, cities, and countries all over the world turn GOLD in September for childhood cancer awareness month. This two minute video is a pictorial display that illustrates the support for the Gold movement.
No comments:
Post a Comment