Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2004. Mattie was almost two years old and he was fully on! He put on Peter's baseball hat and was walking around our home with his sippy cup! That sippy cup of milk was like Linus' blanket from the Peanuts series. No matter the time of day or what season it was, the sippy cup was in tow. 

Quote of the day: Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. ~ Albert Einstein

Last night, Peter gave me a gift from his mom that he brought back to me from Boston. This was on the card's envelope.... "Vicki, our valentine!" Isn't that lovely! It meant a lot to me, so I snapped a photo of the card. 

This gift was this colorful hand painted trinket box. When I saw it, I then opened it. Inside was a card from the store it was purchased! It was from Venice Beach, California. Barbara bought this box when she came out to visit with me and my parents in 1998. Now all these years later, she is passing along the box to me. The box really symbolizes happier and simpler times, when I was younger, more naïve, and when I thought life was going to go much differently for me. 

I am honored to have the box, because I am not sure it would have as much meaning to the average recipient. 

Yesterday was a down day for me. Today, I tried to reframe my thinking. In the process, an email came in with an invitation from a medical and psychological association in Jamaica who heard about our Standard of Care and have invited us to speak virtually at their conference on Valentine's Day. It is a wonderful feeling to know that the Standards of Care that we helped to create are influencing care in the Caribbean. Of course I can't participate given the show I am balancing, but I am glad that Peter will be representing us and sharing our perspectives.