Tonight's picture was taken in February of 2009. Mattie was pictured with a homemade frosted cupcake. In between hospital visits, I would bake two dozen mini cupcakes to bring to the hospital, and I used them as incentives. After Mattie completed a physical therapy session, he would get a cupcake. Since Mattie loved these cupcakes, it was a strategy that seemed to work! His smile said it all!
Quote of the day: Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence. ~ Vincent Van Gogh
This morning, I received an interesting email. The email was from a friend of my mom's who thought my mom had just died. Truly seeing this first thing in the morning, freaked me out. She did not explain how she learned this but wanted to reach out to me. Literally when I first read the message, I thought perhaps this was some sort of fraudulent message. But I checked and double checked and then wrote back to this friend. She did respond back to me and I wanted to find out if some sort of message was going around on social media. Turns out that wasn't the case, but naturally I wish to get down to the bottom of this, as such a rumor to me is disturbing. It is an interesting way to start the day.
It was a hard day, and I did non-stop clean up for my dad. When I entered their bedroom this morning, the smell hit me before anything else. I wish that was where it ended, but I dealt with this numerous times today. As hard as caregiving is, this pales in comparison to the other issues in my life.
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