I love it when family shares a fun picture of Matt
I don’t know where this was, or when it was taken, but Eric said Lisa Admire shared it with him back in March
It warms my heart to see these images, even though I wasn’t in Matt’s life when this happened
This clearly is my cutie pie in his younger years
I often wonder if we had met at an earlier time would we have been the connection we became after we were both older
Who’s to say, right?
I thought of these pictures, and others I have of earlier times, times when we weren’t living with Uncle Lewy
I see his physical being, its limitations, today
As he laid on the table in the doctors room Tuesday, I couldn’t help but think about my guy, what he was, how much he means to me
How much the memories we made together when we were both well, in the height of our health
Hiking Mt Tam, over and over again, never getting tired of the “reward” that came from summitting
Sailing with our long gone friend Tom McEvoy every weekend–such a privilege–we grew tired of “having” to go “every Saturday”
If I could, I would wish those Saturdays back in a heart beat
Tom would have hated to see Matt under the influence of Uncle Lewy, hated it
Once when Tom had a bad infection and was in the hospital, kind of crazy because of it, he asked Matt to help him escape!
Matt was better by far at docking the 36 foot Catalina than I was, the handles to control forward/back and the throttle intimidated me
But put me at the helm through Racoon Straights and I was a very very happy girl sailor!
I have a great memory of the guys sailing and I was so tired I took a nap down below–I felt cared for, understood in that moment
All those memories, we still have them, they help us navigate, survive sometimes, today’s reality
So to those that have entertaining pictures of Matt in his younger years, don’t hestiate to share
They mean a lot to us, a lot
You could be our frowns upside down……
Uncle Lewy 
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