Tonight's picture was taken in October of 2006. Mattie was four years old. Every fall weekend, we would take Mattie to a different Fall Festival. He loved them, particularly the pumpkin picking and the large slides. This happens to be one of my favorite photos that Peter took of us. In fact, it is framed and in my office.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 40,238,083
- Number of people who died from the virus: 650,345
This link is to our e-communication that went out to all supporters this morning:
Tomorrow marks the 12th anniversary of Mattie's death. It is hard to believe that Mattie has been gone longer than he was alive and part of our lives. This will be the first anniversary that Peter and I haven't been together. In the past, I had typically did the same things every September 8th.... I went to the hospital to visit his brick, I went to the church were Mattie's funeral was held, and visit the memorial brick his friends placed in the church's garden.
This year, I am distracted and worn out from both the house and mentally preparing for this contest on September 9th. Any time I have to speak about Mattie, I get very worked up about it. In my mind, I have to get it right, I have to say the most meaningful thing possible, and yet in four minutes, it is hard to accomplish this. So I have to parse out my words and be succinct to get the message and need across to the audience. For me this is a challenge!
In any case, in the midst of my own internal stress, I have stress all around me today. I had the plumber for three hours and the electricians started at 10am and it is after 6pm, and they are STILL here. With power going on and off! It is a total show. If that wasn't bad enough, my neighbor, who is the street town crier walked up the driveway to find out what was going on at our house. He literally spoke to my electricians and helped himself to my backyard. I talked to him for 45 minutes, but WOW, how I kept it together was beyond me.
For all of you who have registered for September 9th's event and are there to virtually support Mattie Miracle.... THANK YOU!
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