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



March 17, 2021

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken on St. Patrick's Day of 2009. That day, Mattie was headed to the outpatient clinic to receive his immunotherapy treatment. Several of Mattie's friends dropped off shamrocks to celebrate the holiday. Despite how Mattie was feeling, he still had the spirit and sense of humor to put on all the clovers. It is still one of my favorite photos from that year and to this day I still have the glasses and headband on display in Mattie's room. 





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

  • Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 29,602,515
  • Number of people who died from the virus: 537,923


I had every intention of working on Mattie Miracle's March newsletter today. However, just about everything happened to prevent me from working. It started this morning with a call from our bank. We are trying to resolve a fraudulent transaction and literally they had me on the phone for 45 minutes. Until finally the representative and her manager agreed that their computer system was down and they did not want to waste anymore of my time. Well that is until she calls me tomorrow morning to start the process all over again! 

Meanwhile, Indie, our cat, has clearly not been feeling well. She vomited all over our home and tonight pooped in the tub. Which isn't like her. Needless to say, I have done five loads of laundry and scrubbed the tub with clorox. This is only part of my day! 

I am signing off as I still have a migraine that started last week. It isn't lightening up and it is making every task ten times harder. 

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