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



November 6, 2020

Friday, November 6, 2020

 Friday, November 6, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken on Halloween of 2008. Mattie celebrated the day twice. Once at the hospital and the second time, walking around Alexandria, VA with his preschool buddy, Zachary. Sitting next to Mattie is Sally, the story lady. Sally was a class act. She knew how to bring a story to life and she excelled at finding ways for children and their family members to get involved in acting out the story. By our involvement, we were transported for just a little while from living life with cancer. On Halloween, as you can see Sally came dressed up and entertained the children. Mattie LOVED Sally, and that was high praise, because he did not relate to all the volunteers!  


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

  • number of people diagnosed with the virus: 9,685,815
  • number of people who died from the virus: 235,601


This fellow is Tim! He works at Mattie's lower school campus. He is our fantastic candy helper on the campus and makes a hard job much easier for us. Every year, Mattie's school contributes candy to our Post Halloween Drive. Of course this year with COVID, our Candy Drive doesn't look the same. Yet supporters are still donating! They understand that candy must be in its original sealed vacuum packed bag. 

This morning, Peter met up with Tim. Tim collected all the candy that was donated at the Elementary School and consolidated it into a bin and boxes for us. Instead of us running around the different buildings at school, Tim does the leg work for us. A real God sent, and drives his cart up to our car! We need to clone people like Tim! 



It was a beautiful day in Washington, DC! Sunny absolutely enjoyed his walk on the Island. Deer were every where! Can you see mom and baby? 
 



Posted by The Brown Family (DC) at 6:14 PM

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