A Remembrance Video of Mattie

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



February 27, 2016

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Tonight's picture was taken on February 14, 2004. Mattie was not even two yet! If you had to describe Mattie in one word it would be "on!" Unless ill or sleeping, Mattie was in constant motion, always thinking, and creating. He loved having a basket of books in our living room and as you can see he picked out two he wanted read.


Quote of the day: Absence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air. ~ Pablo Neruda


Peter and I were working on Foundation things today and this Cooper's Hawk just kept swooping around. Peter chased him away several times. It was in the 40's today and naturally this bird is looking for food...... specifically my sparrows who hang out at our feeders. 







Look who was watching me closely while trying to take a photo!














In the midst of this cold weather, I can't get over what is blooming.... our daffodils! These are really hardy bulbs that keep coming back year after year. They are planted in our Mattie memorial garden. 

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