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



July 22, 2020

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

 Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2004. Mattie was two years old. This was his second trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Big progress, because in 2003, Mattie did not want to be anywhere near the beach/water. The ocean scared Mattie. But by the following year, he was intrigued! Of course the trusty sippy cup of milk was always in tow. 

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

  • number of people diagnosed with the virus: 3,940,592
  • number of people who died from the virus: 142,677
Last night, we had a big lightning and thunder storm in Washington, DC. Sunny is deathly afraid of thunder. You can see he gets very agitated! But last night was a new one. Sunny never decided to fit his big body under this small side table before. Recently I cleaned the space under this table. Before there was a big Lego Taj Mahal that Mattie built. It stood under this table for ten years! Now that the space is free, Sunny uses it. 
Apparently Sunny found being under this small table comforting. I told Peter it reminded me of when I was a teenager in California. We had earthquake drills (not unlike a fire drill) in school. During a drill we would each climb under our desk and remain there quietly. 
Sunny followed me upstairs last night. Normally he loves to sleep on his dog bed downstairs at night. Last night, he wanted to be where he could see me!
See what I mean. He was by my side of the bed!
It was close to 100 degrees today. Sunny needed a walk, so we took him back to Turkey Run Park. Beautiful and green. 
The boys out for a walk. Prior to the walk, I cut Peter's hair! My resume is growing!
The trail took us besides the Potomac River. 
A typical DC day, hot during the day and by late afternoon, there are terrible storms. This one was scary! The wind was howling and the rain was everywhere. 

 Besides Peter's haircut, I got the paperwork process done for my dad's catastrophic major medical plan, talked with the doctor's office, and made calls to the insurers and the caregiving agency. The administration work of my dad's illness could be a full-time job in and of itself. 
Posted by The Brown Family (DC) at 5:26 PM

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