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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 22, 2012

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thursday, November 22, 2012


Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2008, our last Thanksgiving with Mattie. Mattie's school counselor gave him this cute turkey hat. Mattie thought the hat was funny and quickly put it on his head. I can't think of a more adorable turkey.











Quote of the day: It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone. ~ John Steinbeck


We want to wish our readers a very Happy Thanksgiving. Today, Peter and I are driving to New York to spend Thanksgiving with my friend Karen and her mom. Karen's mom lives in Scarsdale, where I spent the first decade of my life before moving to California. Mattie visited Boston many times and he got to see several of the places that were important to Peter as he was growing up. Yet Mattie never went to New York, he never saw where I grew up, the church Peter and I got married in, where I used to live, where we got married, and so forth. These are aspects of one's history that typically you like to share with your child. For us it wasn't meant to be.

I am posting today's entry early and will write from New York on Friday evening. In the mean time, it is my hope that our readers have a meaningful and peaceful Thanksgiving. I do realize that holidays can be challenging times for so many of us, for many different reasons. I wholeheartedly acknowledge this and want you to know that we are thankful to all our readers who remain committed to our journey. For you we are grateful!
 

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