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



April 14, 2017

Friday, April 14, 2017

Friday, April 14, 2017

Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2009. A friend of Mattie's gave him this bunny hat for Easter. Mattie wasn't in the best of moods, which you might be able to decipher. Yet he allowed me to take a photo. Frankly I totally forgot about this photo, until my Facebook friend, Tim, posted it to my page. At first I thought Tim created the photo for us, in acknowledgment of Easter. But he told me, it was a photo I took. So I went digging in my filed for it and here it is!





As you can see, Tim transformed the original photo above slightly. 

















Quote of the day: Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy. ~ Dean Koontz


It was a whirlwind of a day today with a licensure board meeting and taking Sunny for his monthly grooming. Literally every second Friday of the month is nutty because I drive from DC to Alexandria (where the groomer is), then back to DC (for my meeting), then back to Alexandria (to pick up Sunny), and finally return to DC (home). Depending on traffic, I can spend hours in the car. But today is Good Friday and traffic in DC was a breeze. 

By the time I got home, Peter was back from work and snapped this hysterical photo! You may see Indie on the floor by the corner of the chair, but if you look up on Mattie's memory stand...... do you see a sparrow? A sparrow flew into our home, through our front door, and Indie was zooming around and transfixed on the bird. Indie is a total birder. See loves looking at them and if she was allowed, would probably catch a few. I am happy to report that this smart bird flew right back out of the front door. It has been so hot in our unit, that when we are downstairs this week, we keep the front door open for a bit. Clearly our bird friend thought that was an invitation! 

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