Monday, September 25, 2023

Monday, September 25, 2023

Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2007. I remember this day distinctly. Mattie came home from kindergarten with this homemade creation. Mattie joined an after school activity called construction club. The club was run by his kindergarten teacher and literally they used glue guns, hammers, tape, and glue! You would be amazed with what Mattie could create from everyday objects. In fact, I think construction club set the stage for all his cardboard box creations that Mattie built during his cancer treatment. He literally took his construction club skills and put them to work on a grander scale! He left no cardboard box untouched at the hospital. 

Quote of the day: People touch our lives if only for a moment, And yet we're not the same from that moment on, The time is not important, The moment is forever. ~ Fern Bork

Given how I am feeling, I wanted to display some of our Fall decorations for the house.  

Before my parents moved in, I purchased some fall things at the crafts store. I used to love going there to shop! It seems like decades ago, as now I can't think of life before they moved in. 

Carolyn's sunflowers by Mattie's Mr. Sun painting. Seems appropriate!

This container and flowers I got at the crafts store in 2021. I remember how exciting this was, since I never lived so close to such a store. When I was in Washington, DC, getting to our crafts store was quite a drive. I can recall that fun and happy moment in time, and yet now that it is almost two years later, my world is devastatingly different. 

I got out the tall ladder and put our fall bough above the door ledge. I happen to love that little ledge, because it is the perfect spot to display seasonal items. 

Our local grocery store was featuring these artificial flowers. I absolutely loved them, because they are Mattie Miracle colors. Typically I don't buy impulse items, but that particular day I decided to just get them because I wasn't sure how long the store would have these items in stock. Fortunately I bought them when I did, because the next time I went to the store, all these flowers were GONE!