Mattie's Blog and his Fight Against Osteosarcoma

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

September 4, 2021

Saturday, September 4, 2021

Saturday, September 4, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2002. Mattie was a month old and had that dreamy look on his face because he just finished a bottle. Feeding time was about the only time Mattie was truly calm! Notice who was in the background..... Patches, our wonderful calico cat.

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

Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 39,886,264
Number of people who died from the virus: 647,991

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While going through things that we packed, which we kept outside in our shed, I came across Mattie's sit-upons. They were used in preschool. Each child had his or her own. During Mattie's second year of preschool, his symbol was a Magnet.  
During Mattie's first year of preschool, he was Mattie Moon! A name that stuck with him even after that year. Even now, many people associate Mattie with the moon. When they look up at the sky at night and see a big moon, we think of him. 
Peter and I spent hours outside cleaning and organizing. As we brought all our plants from DC to Oakton, along with all my garden decorations. We had them stacked all over the place, and today we did something about it. 

Can you see the big SUN we hung up today? We got that sun on a trip to Bethany Beach, DE, it is something we have had for years since Mattie died. 
This may not look like much, but we had all our flower pots stacked on that ledge. It looked awful. Today we arranged them around the property and cleaned up leaves and some weeds. 

Can you see Sunny? He is that reddish spot on the right hand side, sitting in a bush!
Over the years, I have been given and have collected many butterfly ornaments and things. I have several windchimes, that I placed all around. 