Caitlin's Mott Tile

The University of Michigan Hospital is building a new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Women's Hospital. There will be a garden decorated with tiles that former patients of the hospital have painted. Caitlin made one last summer, and yesterday she received a framed picture of her tile in the mail. It looks great! Of course she put tulips on it as a tribute to her favorite city, flower and time of year :) The accompanying letter says that they will be sending a pamphlet with the exact location of "her" tile as well as the others that have been made (when it is available). We are all looking forward to it, and are so grateful that our Caitlin is doing so well!

Hope College Parent's Weekend Canceled!

Therese and I planned to visit Caitlin at Hope College for Parent' s Weekend, but there was a change in plans. Caitlin called us on Friday afternoon while we were on our way to Holland to tell us that Hope College has been shut down. There was an outbreak of Norovirus that has made more than 130 people sick. All weekend activities including the football game were canceled.

Since we had a hotel room and plans to take Buddy to the kennel there, we thought about picking her up to spend the weekend with us at the hotel. Caitlin called later to say that school will be closed until Tuesday morning so she wanted to just come home for the weekend. We canceled our reservations and headed to Holland to pick her up. Buddy really freaked out when he saw Caitlin!

One of Caitlin's friends, Jenny, who lives on the east side of Michigan too came back with us and her parents picked her up at our house. She didn't want to stay in Holland, especially since Friday was her 18th birthday. Jenny's dad is going to take them back to Hope on Monday night if the school is open by then.

We will certainly make a trip to B-Dubs while Caitlin is in town and maybe play our new Domino game.