Mattie Miracle Walk 2023 was a $131,249 success!

Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation Promotional Video

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

March 14, 2015

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2009. Mattie was home between treatments and doing something he loved to do.... playing in his sand box. Even if it was cold outside, that did not stop us or him! Peter pulled out one of our space heaters to prevent Mattie from catching a cold. As you can see Mattie had a big smile on his face and enjoyed being outside and doing something that was "normal." Mainly because when in the hospital Mattie rarely spent time outside, and he certainly had no sand box time! The everyday tasks that we usually hate or take for granted become gifts to us when we are sick or isolated in a hospital or institution. I know Peter and I longed for being able to have the independence to live in our own home, cook our own meals, drive our own cars, and even clean up after ourselves. 


Quote of the day: Don't cry because you've failed from something, try to convince yourself that failing is the one of your delayed success. ~ Rizky Adam Rifai


We are both so tired today, after an incredibly long week, that we both were unable to do much today. So instead, I am going to share with you some photos from our trip home yesterday. As we were flying over Richmond, VA, I noticed something sparkling outside the plane window. Upon closer inspection, the sparkling was SNOW. LOTS of it too! It was hard to capture in a photo, but all that white stuff you see is snow.


As we approached Washington, DC, the city was lit up like a Christmas tree. It was easy to spot the Kennedy Center, right by the water. 

















Then we approached the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. You can easily see the Lincoln, but the Washington Monument it is a bit harder to see (though it is lined up with the Lincoln). The Lincoln Memorial is in the six o'clock position and the Washington Monument is at the twelve o'clock position! It was a lovely welcome back home to see these sites last night. 

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