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Thank you for keeping Mattie's memory alive!

Dear Mattie Blog Readers,

It means a great deal to me that you take the time to write and to share your thoughts, feelings, and reflections on Mattie's battle and death. Your messages are very meaningful and help support me through very challenging times. I am forever grateful. As my readers know, I promised to write the blog for a year after Mattie's death, which would mean that I could technically have stopped writing on September 9, 2010. However, like my journey with grief there is so much that still needs to be processed and fortunately I have a willing support network still committed to reading. Therefore, the blog continues on. If I should find the need to stop writing, I assure you I will give you advanced notice. In the mean time, thank you for reading, thank you for having the courage to share this journey with me, and most importantly thank you for keeping Mattie's memory alive.


As Mattie would say, Ooga Booga (meaning, I LOVE YOU)! Vicki



A Remembrance Video of Mattie

November 26, 2012

Monday, November 26, 2012

Monday, November 26, 2012

Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2004. Mattie was 2 years old and was with his aunt and cousins at the National Zoo. Specifically at the Children's Petting zoo. Mattie enjoyed when his cousins visited from Boston and for him this was a special connection. When Mattie was a baby, his cousins lived in Washington, DC. So in many ways they watched him grow into a toddler until they moved. When ever they reconnected with each other, it was wonderful to see them pick up right where they left off.

Quote of the day: Relationships take up energy; letting go of them, psychiatrists theorize, entails mental work. When you lose someone you were close to, you have to reassess your picture of the world and your place in it. The more your identity was wrapped up with the deceased, the more difficult the loss. ~ Meghan O'Rourke


Tonight's posting is basically non-existent because I have developed a migraine today. Therefore spending time by the computer or trying to concentrate just isn't happening. It is my hopes that tomorrow is a better day.

 

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