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



September 29, 2025

Monday, September 29, 2025

Monday, September 29, 2025


It is 9:15pm, and I am feeling incredibly sick with a migraine. I juggled way too much today, and have been running back and forth to the pharmacy tonight, as my mom is running an 101 fever. First run to the pharmacy, I had to get a COVID/FLU testing kit. My mom tested negative and then her doctor prescribed her antibiotics since she has been suffering with symptoms for over a week. But that meant running back to the pharmacy before it closed at 8pm. The stress of today was way too much for me, on top of doing this routine for four years straight, contending with a divorce and the countless other horrors I have faced. Tonight, I was absolutely ready to give up, but I had to come home and make dinner for my parents. Food won't go down. Signing off for today. 

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