Saturday, December 4, 2021 Tonight's picture was taken on December 18, 2008. Mattie was home post-surgery and as you can see decided to hobble his way to the piano to play. Unfortunately that year, Mattie was supposed to start piano lessons. It never happened. However, Mattie had a natural musical talent. He would go up to the keys and make up his own compositions.
We got this piano from our neighbor, Susan. When she was leaving our complex, she got a hold of me and said that Mattie needed a piano, and he needed to learn to play. Susan gave us the piano for free, we just needed to get it from her townhouse into ours.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 49,048,850
- Number of people who died from the virus: 788,183
Today was frenetic. At 7am, I was washed, dressed, and running around the house. One of my dad's caregivers rented Uhauls today to help us pick up items for donation. Which was an enormous help. I just had to create piles. This was today's pile. In addition to this pile was my mom's roses in clay pots and their outdoor furniture. One of the Uhauls! My dad has caregivers who visit for four hours daily. This is Claudia. Today we had to say good-bye to her after working together for a year and a half. It is bittersweet, as my dad has very competent, reliable, and trustworthy caregivers. I was literally directing traffic today on my parent's driveway, which is very long and narrow. We had his caregiver visiting, their manicurist, DJ, who you see here, and two Uhauls. I think it is very hard to leave behind your home of 37 years and the friends who have become an important part of your life. I took my dad to see Gerrie today. Gerrie has her own health concerns, but she gave my dad a hair cut today and we got to reminiscence about her connection with my dad since 1984!Claudia snapped this photo of us today! The fact that I am standing upright is remarkable.
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