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



November 23, 2018

Friday, November 23, 2018

Friday, November 23, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2005. This sight wasn't atypical for us. Mattie LOVED to paint with his feet. I literally would put newsletter down on the floor, get out paint and Mattie would go to town. He made some wonderful designs for note cards this way. The beauty of Mattie however, was he was neat. He understood that once he was done painting with his feet, he couldn't step off the newspaper. Instead he would wait for me to carry him to the kitchen sink to clean his feet.  







Quote of the day: What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving? ~ Erma Bombeck




One word that captures how I feel........ TIRED! We drove for about 8 hours from Boston to Washington, DC today. We left 12 degree temperatures and are now back to the 30's in DC. Ironically the 30's feels like a heat wave in comparison. Thankfully we did not hit massive amounts of Thanksgiving weekend traffic. 

Sunny and Indie are thrilled to be back home. Sunny did not handle this trip as well as he usually does, as he seemed very anxious on both long car trips. Indie, managed it all like a champ and is back to business as usual. The beauty of a cat. 

Unpacked, laundry done, and everything put away. Signing off for tonight. 

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