A Sweathog was crying...

Yep, John Travolta was crying his eyes out on Oprah yesterday. He is coming out with a movie on firefighters and was plugging his movie- Ladder 49. Then Oprah had him fly these two firefighters in (John is a pilot too) to her show as they saved a fellow firefighter's life. The firefighter who was saved came out to give his buddies medals of honor and thanked them for 'giving him a second chance at life so he could watch his kids grow up'. That turned on the waterworks in the studio. Then Oprah had Mattie Stepanek's mom on. Mattie passed away in June at the age of 14. He was this mom's 4th child with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. Oprah and Prez Jimmy Carter were crazy about Mattie and took him under their wings. He definitely had an old soul and wrote wonderful little books filled with his thoughts and poetry. By that time not only was John crying, but Joaquin Phoenix and the woman in the movie were moved. Mattie's mom is in a wheelchair herself. Mattie loved the whole firefighting business and had about 1K firefighters at his funeral and his little casket was carried on the back of a firetruck. Crap, I'm gonna start crying again.

The My Hero Project-Mattie Stepanek
Thanks to Jim Hawkins for this photo.

Facing the Future

Every journey begins
With but a small step.
And every day is a chance
For a new, small step
In the right direction.
Just follow your Heartsong.

by Mattie Stepanek
© Hyperion. All Rights Reserved.


My mom was out yesterday in her newer car-it's a '91 Sable not a '92. It doesn't look its age and is so different than the '87 Escort. I was really tired yesterday from cleaning up and shelving books, so Sean took mom to the car wash for a wax, to the hairdresser, to 'lots of junk' Big Lots and to the food store. That's why I could see Oprah. They brought home a rotisserie chicken and salads for dinner. The potato salad was gross-the mayo looked like it was separating and the potatoes were grainy. Sean ate a lot of it and I spit it out. He was ok-must have a stomach of steel.
My friend called from Montana to see if we had gotten flooded out. I said it was the Pittsburgh area and up north where the Delaware River is that got hit the hardest. We live near the Brandywine, but aren't effected that often. There was a flood in Kennett last year because someone up north opened the flood gate all the way instead of 20%. That flooded out many places. I talked to Pam for about 1.5 hours. This always happens when I call a friend, we talk forever. Thank goodness for MCI's, The Neighborhood.
Mom said my sofa isn't as red as it looks in the photo I sent through email. Mom bought me this gorgeous silky throw with different Asias fabrics in squares-like a quilt. Very exotic.
I may go to the food store, but I definitely need to get more paint. I have a few walls to finish. I am pleased with the way it looks in here.
I have to finish up my Love Quilts collie square and mail it by Friday. I downsized the dog's ruff. It looks alright though. I used an entire skein of white floss!