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Thank you for keeping Mattie's memory alive!

Dear Mattie Blog Readers,

It means a great deal to us that you take the time to write to us and to share your thoughts, feelings, and reflections on Mattie's battle and death. Your messages are very meaningful to us and help support us through very challenging times. To you we are 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 stop writing on September 9, 2010. However, at the moment, I feel like our journey with grief 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 us, and most importantly thank you for keeping Mattie's memory alive.


As Mattie would say, Ooga Booga (meaning, I LOVE YOU)! Vicki and Peter



The Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation celebrates its 7th anniversary!

The Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation was created in the honor of Mattie.

We are a 501(c)(3) Public Charity. We are dedicated to increasing childhood cancer awareness, education, advocacy, research and psychosocial support services to children, their families and medical personnel. Children and their families will be supported throughout the cancer treatment journey, to ensure access to quality psychosocial and mental health care, and to enable children to cope with cancer so they can lead happy and productive lives. Please visit the website at: www.mattiemiracle.com and take some time to explore the site.

We have only gotten this far because of people like yourself, who have supported us through thick and thin. So thank you for your continued support and caring, and remember:

.... Let's Make the Miracle Happen and Stomp Out Childhood Cancer!

A Remembrance Video of Mattie

December 31, 2017

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2006. Mattie was four years old and it was a Christmas tradition to visit the US Botanical Gardens. It had something for everyone..... amazing holiday plant decorations (as you can see we were standing in front of a model of the US Capitol made completely out of plant material), greenery, and wonderful trains that moved around the plantings on tracks. 


Quote of the day: When your mind changes, the world changes. And when we respond differently to the world, the world responds differently to us. ~   By David Loy


As tonight's quote points out, it is important at times to have a mind set change, and to respond differently to the world. I am trying to take that stance as it relates to winter. It was one of those gray, raw, and frigid days in Washington, DC. It may have read 27 degrees on a thermometer, but with the wind chill it was much colder. Though we may want to stay inside, our furry friend needs to go out and walk. So we visited Roosevelt Island again today, and I tried to take the mindset that it wasn't that cold. When we got to the Island, I was VERY intrigued by the zebra stripping of ice on the Potomac River. Have you ever seen anything like this?


The only thing moving on the Island today were the birds. Mattie and I loved to spot cardinals. You couldn't miss this bird today, as his red color stood out among the barren trees. Yesterday there were a few people walking on the Island, but today there really was NO ONE. It was that cold. 
We might be cold, but Sunny in his fur coat, was nice and toasty! He was eager to go for a longer walk, and wasn't thrilled with us when we shortened the walk. 

Peter came home from our trip with a bad cold.... congestion, coughing, all that fun. So on Friday, I made a huge pot of homemade chicken soup. I threw in all sorts of things... white chicken, celery, carrots, zucchini, red pepper, onions, and pasta. This soup has been a wonderful lunch for several days now. I am joking with Peter, as I told him it is my soup that is getting him better. 

1 comment:

Margy Jost said...

Vicki, It is no joke - your soup is making him better and Imhope it works quickly!

The cardinal in the picture us so beautiful. Really to me a Spring sign yet the temperatures tell another story. Looking forward to the days ahead & spotting more Cardinals!

I love Sunny. He patiently waits on the trails as you take your pictures! He is quite a pet