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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

April 14, 2019

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Sunday, April 14, 2019

 Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2003. Mattie was a year old and not walking independently yet. However, he loved holding onto me, Peter, or a piece of furniture to toddle around the room. 
The coffee table behind Mattie, in a way unofficially measured his growth. As Mattie got older, I would snap photos of him by this same table. Mattie used to get a kick out of seeing photos of his stages of growth. 

 Quote of the day: Like people, plants respond to extra attention. ~ H. Peter Loewer
Today was an incredibly LONG day! Peter started at 6:30am. Not my hour! Nonetheless, we both put in a full day of cleaning our outdoor spaces and then planting. I am not sure which is worse, the clean up from winter, or the planting itself. Before I began in our garden, I first had to take Sunny for a long walk. We passed some beautiful trees today. Check out this crab apple tree near us. There are so many blossoms all around it that the grass underneath it looks covered in snow. 
The park near our complex is lined with crab apple trees. They are absolutely stunning and so fragrant. 
The dogwoods are also in bloom!
Sunny and Indie spent the majority of their day outside with us on the deck. I am happy to say that the majority of planting is now complete. There is more to do, but not to this magnitude! 
My window of herbs!
I can't tell you what a mess we picked up today! Next on the list is painting the deck. We do both of these things each spring. Sometimes I do not know where we will get the energy to do this, but once it is done we are so happy!
The view from Mattie's room. Mattie used to love his bird's eye view. 
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