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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

December 20, 2014

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2007. We took Mattie to the US Botanical Gardens in Washington, DC. Which is a wonderful place to visit at any time of the year, but it is particularly magical during the holiday season! This plant was growing and making a statement. I am not sure I would have paid much attention to it. But Mattie decided to go stand underneath it and when he did, it appeared as if he had a big bush of greenery on top of his head. It was a comical sight. 





Quote of the day: We rise by lifting others. ~ Robert Ingersoll


This week I went to the craft store and I purchased these two plain topiary frames! Then over the course of the next several days, I began to transform them! 
















Today this is what the finished products look like! I am not keeping them. Instead they are gifts for my friend who lost her mom this year. The butterfly symbolizes her mom and the cardinal is also a reminder that every time she sees a cardinal in nature, her departed loved ones are with her in some way. 

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