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

October 4, 2015

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Tonight's picture was taken on October 11, 2008. We had taken Mattie for a walk in our neighborhood. On the way back home, we passed this row of flag poles. As you can see, Mattie hopped up on the base and began running in between the poles. He was having a great time. Whenever Peter and I pass these set of flag poles now, we can't help but remember this snapshot in time. You may also notice that Mattie was carrying something blue in his right hand. It was a toy car! This was not an unusual occurrence for Mattie, he typically transported cars with him no matter where he went. 


Quote of the day: Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. ~ May Sarton


It was another cold, grey, and dreary day in Washington, DC. Yet Peter and I were outside and working on our deck. We finally reassembled the deck after all the construction on the brick wall. I would love to say that the construction project is over, but it isn't! These folks are still outside our deck door, going on week four! At this point I have gotten used to them, their noise, and scaffolding. Rather ironic, since I don't like noise. 

Basically the brick wall underwent a major transformation. They had to remove all the old mortar, then replace it, and finally power wash the wall down. Mind you this wall is 30 feet tall. In order for them to do this work, all our planters which were bolted into the wall had to come down. That may not sound so bad, but today we had to drill new holes in the brick and install the planters back on the wall, along with my flower basket hooks. It was a major undertaking.  


I am proud to say that despite our plants having to be relocated somewhere else for three weeks, many of them thrived and survived (of course we went to water them while they were away from our deck). Our deck is now back together again and looking very green. What bothers me though is they were working during the last pleasant weeks of the summer, and therefore we did not get to enjoy being outside and sitting on our deck! 

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