Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2009. I took this photo because I wanted to capture the antics that typically occurred in Mattie's room! The two women with blond hair are Whitney and Lesley. They were both child life interns and phenomenal people! Mattie loved them, which was high praise, because Mattie didn't get along with everyone, especially when so sick. The fellow peeking out of the door is Brandon. Brandon was Mattie's best buddy. The boys met at the hospital, as Brandon was diagnosed with cancer about a month after Mattie. Despite their age difference, they were amazing friends.
Quote of the day: Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~ Melody Beattie
Every Sunday, we go to the same restaurant for an early dinner. Cheryl is our server at this particular restaurant. Cheryl has been following Peter's job search and she has been sharing in my angst for over a week, as we were awaiting a job offer for Peter. I shared the good news with Cheryl about the offer on Saturday.
Don't you know that when we arrived at our restaurant table on Sunday afternoon, Cheryl surprised Peter with a beautiful card, flowers, a balloon, 'Yay' plates and napkins.
It reads:
Dear Peter,
Congrats!!! I'm so very happy for you (& Vicki)!!
Reverba took months and months trying to find the..... Perfect man for the job, the right man for the job, and the very best man for the job.... not to mention, the most capable, caring man to take over the company, to be president and they were "smart" enough to realize that's YOU!
No doubt your contribution, hard work, and leadership skills will greatly benefit so many people's lives. I wish you every happiness, success and satisfaction in your new, well-deserved position!! Love Cheryl
Yesterday evening, Peter and I went over to my neighbor's house. My neighbor has her own hands full, as two out of her four children have special needs and she recently moved into the house. So she constantly has a juggling act going. Not unlike what I have going on in our house, but for different reasons.
We played the card game, Five Crowns, together! I had my neighbor's 11 year old explain the rules of the game to me, but basically Peter and I consulted with YouTube before we went over and saw a tutorial on how to play. Since I am not really a card game, or board game person in general, I needed all the help I could get.
Make a long story short, I caught on quick, as the game is very similar to Gin Rummy. Naturally I haven't played with kids for quite some time. What is typically evident is that kids gravitate to Peter first. Peter knows how to horse around, make jokes, and naturally draws kids in. While Peter was doing that, I was observing everything and everyone and getting an idea of what was going on throughout the house. After we played with my neighbor's 11 year old, then her four year old woke up and came downstairs. The four year old calls Peter, "Mr. Peter" and she has met him before and enjoys interacting with him. In any case, the little girl wanted to play Candy Land with us, so we played several rounds and then at 9:30pm, I stood up, left Peter behind, and headed back home to take my dad upstairs to bed.
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