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



April 19, 2024

Friday, April 19, 2024

Friday, April 19, 2024

Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2005. That day we took Mattie to the National Arboretum. I loved going there around Mattie's birthday! In fact, my joke with Mattie was that the azaleas bloomed in order to celebrate his birthday. Mattie loved hearing this and we all enjoyed exploring this amazing natural space!


Quote of the day: Everyone is taught that angels have wings. The lucky ones of us find that they have four paws. ~ Jury Nel


After dropping my dad off at the memory care center today, I headed to the grocery store. However, before I got there I passed a Lowe's. I have been debating about planting flowers in our pots. It is a large undertaking, because we have pots all around the property. Typically in the past, we would do one shopping trip, come home, unload and plant. I do not have the energy for ONE big shopping trip.

Today I decided to stop at the Lowe's garden center and see what they had available. It was a great day to shop because it was a weekday and it was frigid out for spring. Therefore, I wasn't fighting crowds and could instead walk through the nursery and explore what they had. I committed today to purchase items for the front of the house. As you can see I got an orangey Gerber daisy for the front door area. I am a big daisy fan. To me they are happy flowers!

The previous owner of our house, left us this flower pot in the front of the house. I decided to plant a pink Mandeville and variegated vincas. Both should be easy to take care of and provide that flowing over the pot look that I am trying to achieve. 
Outside our side door, I planted a Shasta daisy and petunias. I absolutely love petunias. These flowers love the summer heat and they keep producing throughout the summer months. Planting these today reminded me of our townhouse in Washington, DC. I can't tell you how many petunias I planted there over those twenty plus years. 

I spent about two hours alone this morning on my grocery store and Lowe's trip and then another hour outside this evening planting. This may not sound like a big deal, but it was....... as I am rarely alone! 
Posted by Victoria Sardi-Brown at 8:56 PM

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