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



May 11, 2026

Monday, May 11, 2026

Monday, May 11, 2026

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2007. Mattie was five years old and it was his first day of summer camp at his preschool. Mattie loved his preschool and especially enjoyed summer camp. Mattie was eager to get going, but he entertained me by stopping for a photo. Ironically many of the moms I met in this school are still my friends today and they help me raise funds for Mattie Miracle. It was a special school and time in our lives. 





Quote of the day: And here you are living despite it all. ~ Rupi Kaur


I absolutely relate to tonight's quote. Just when I think the day will be somewhat stable, I am hit with multiple problems. Problems that take up time and I have to account for, such as I keep getting the same questions asked over and over again by my mortgage assumption company. Today, I finally got a hold of my agent and we discussed this for thirty minutes. They have on my record that I lived somewhere else..... a place I never LIVED before! Trying to iron this out today was like a clip from Abbott and Costello.... some of you may remember.... What's on first, who's on second, and I don't know who's on third! Needless to say, I have developed a migraine from this and other things. 

Ironically I had a friend write to me today, who is going through similar issues with her divorce, and she basically said to me.... given all that you are facing and have faced, it is amazing that I am still alive. Meaning that some people are driven to suicide over what I am coping with each day. She is absolutely correct. I do not write about everything I been dealing with, but seriously it is enough to make me crazy. Any case, I have nothing positive to say tonight, so I am signing off in hopes that a see a ray of sunshine tomorrow. 

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