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



January 5, 2019

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Saturday, January 5, 2019

 Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2002. This was one of the MANY photos we took of Mattie in order to capture just the right pose for our first family Christmas card. We started taking photos inside on the couch. But when I saw that it was snowing, we changed the backdrop (which ultimately was a good idea, as it was Mattie in the snow that was featured on our Christmas card in 2002). As you might guess Mattie wasn't pleased with my photographing demands!

 Quote of the day: A brand new year could be considered the seed, and your goals could be the buds, but taking action and achieving your dreams, well, that is the flower. May the New Year be your seed and may you have lots of flowers to inspire you! ~ Kate Summers
Since we returned from Florida last Sunday, we haven't seen the sun. It has been one depressingly gray day after the other. It would be very easy to spend the whole day at home in weather like this, but fortunately Sunny doesn't give us this option. He needs to go out regardless of the weather. To combat the grayness, we tried to have an active day. We walked about 7 miles today, some with Sunny and some without. 
To me this blog posting features the ugly and the beautiful! This of course is the ugly. Before I went away to Florida (which was only two weeks ago), this wall near the US State Department was graffiti free. When I got home, this is what I was greeted with. I have no idea why NO ONE else reports this disgusting sight, but I tend to be the one it bothers the most in my neighborhood. Today, I photographed this nonsense and reported it to the DC Department of Works. I am not a graffiti fan at all, and I especially do not like it when it is absolutely ugly and detracts from our Nation's capital. 
In comparison to the above photo, this is the beautiful! Inside of our living room. Despite the weather, it is always nice to see green things thriving inside over the winter months. 
Posted by The Brown Family (DC) at 4:43 PM

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