An aquaintance of mine died this morning of Cancer. Most of you didn't know this person and I barely did either. He was in one semester of a creative writing class with me at SVU. I think you get to know someone on a different level when you get to read each others poems and do creative thinking and story writing together. That was the only semester I knew him but he had an infectious goodness and wrote the best poems and the best stories that were uplifting and expressed happiness for life. He was like Dr. Seuss in his poetry and really really creative. He wrote an adorable short story and it was about a guy who wrote a sad short story and it won a contest for funny short story or something ironic like that and throughout this day in the story he met a girl and had hot chocolate with her. I'm trying to see if I can find a copy to share.
Not only was he a great writer but he was a really good good good person. Didn't say bad things about anyone and seemed to always have an eternal perspective about every challenge and trial of small and large proportions and it made a big impact on me. Even when he had to stop going to school because of his health he would send updates to everyone from Facebook and still worked on his websites which promoted a courageous happy way of living. I encourage you to check them out. He was a really amazing kid and the world needs more people like him, especially now, that believe in doing the right thing and that do it with a smile every time. It is sad that he's not here anymore but he made an impact on lots of people and knew what came after this life.
If I can find his poems I will try to post a couple of them that will make you smile. I am so glad that I know what comes after this life. To have that perspective and that surety makes death not scary or that tragic at all.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Mail Time
We got a package from my mom last week and Matthew was really excited by it, so we gave it to him and this is what he did with it.
Thank you mom for the cool stuff! After Matthew scratched at it long enough he wanted to play hide and seek/peek-a-boo with his blanket. He lifts it up on his head (or we put it on his head) and then he wiggles around until it falls off.
I think it's his new fvorite game.
Thank you mom for the cool stuff! After Matthew scratched at it long enough he wanted to play hide and seek/peek-a-boo with his blanket. He lifts it up on his head (or we put it on his head) and then he wiggles around until it falls off.
I think it's his new fvorite game.
October is Almost Here
This weekend was National Alpaca Farm day so we went to celebrate by visiting some Alpacas in Raphine, VA. As it turns out, our primary president happens to be the owner of the farm that we visited and it was really cool to see what she and her family do all the time. Matthew was very interested with them and obviously not afraid of them at all. Be prepared...there are lots of pictures in this post.
Perhaps the good thing about having a large hairy dog to play with is that Matthew, so far, isn't afraid of big animals. Of course that might change when he learns how to walk and discovers his own perspective of them...
Of course everything that he feels needs to be eaten and tasted as well but don't worry. Fortunately the Alpaca didn't want to be drooled on but was curious about Matthew as well.
They were surprisingly nice animals, after all the things I've heard about Llamas I had some doubts, but these guys were nice, they didn't spit, and they were very friendly.
There were also some goats and chickens outside of the barn that the Alpacas were in so we took Matthew over to see them.
He wasn't quite sure what to think...
The next two pictures are a persuasive argument for Virginia in the fall and winter seasons. After the Alpaca farm we drove around to some local places. This was a beautiful little house that had a yarn shop and an antique store (the barn in the next picture is the antique store). It was a beautiful rainy cloudy day and the scenery was breath taking. I love fall, winter, and spring here. Summer is a different story.
The yarn shop is in the next picture on the left. It was a cute store and had really beautiful yarns and sooo many colors. It was a nice way to spend a Saturday.
This is part of the same property and I just thought it was beautiful.
I just wanted to add this one in on the post. This was after church today. Matthew can sit on his own for several minutes now and play. He was particularly proud of himself this afternoon.
Perhaps the good thing about having a large hairy dog to play with is that Matthew, so far, isn't afraid of big animals. Of course that might change when he learns how to walk and discovers his own perspective of them...
Of course everything that he feels needs to be eaten and tasted as well but don't worry. Fortunately the Alpaca didn't want to be drooled on but was curious about Matthew as well.
They were surprisingly nice animals, after all the things I've heard about Llamas I had some doubts, but these guys were nice, they didn't spit, and they were very friendly. 
There were also some goats and chickens outside of the barn that the Alpacas were in so we took Matthew over to see them.
He wasn't quite sure what to think...
The next two pictures are a persuasive argument for Virginia in the fall and winter seasons. After the Alpaca farm we drove around to some local places. This was a beautiful little house that had a yarn shop and an antique store (the barn in the next picture is the antique store). It was a beautiful rainy cloudy day and the scenery was breath taking. I love fall, winter, and spring here. Summer is a different story. 
The yarn shop is in the next picture on the left. It was a cute store and had really beautiful yarns and sooo many colors. It was a nice way to spend a Saturday.
This is part of the same property and I just thought it was beautiful.
I just wanted to add this one in on the post. This was after church today. Matthew can sit on his own for several minutes now and play. He was particularly proud of himself this afternoon.
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