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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

January 31, 2021

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken in January of 2006. Mattie was playing with Peter's toy duck. This rocking duck actually belonged to Peter when he was a child. Peter's parents passed it down to Mattie. To this day, this duck sits in our living room. 




Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins

  • Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 26,147,162
  • Number of people who died from the virus: 440,843


The playfulness of Sunny! Sunny will be ten years old in September, but he has a lot of puppy in him!
It was a snowy day in DC! We had many doves hanging out on our oak tree. Of course our cat, Indie, was having a ball staring at birds all morning. 
We took Sunny for a walk on the National Mall. It was hard to believe that the forsythia is beginning to bloom!
People had created several snowmen on the Mall. 
Sunny loved his walk today!
Even the crabapple trees are blooming. Not sure how that is possible, because if I were a tree in this weather, I would be shut down until further notice. 


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