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!
1 comment:
Vicki,
Welcome Home!! I am going to start from the bottom to the top of your blog by thanking you for the restaurant reviews! That is thoughtful.
We too, enjoyed the Mattie Moons although seeing them over the water increases the magnificence. It is a shame this lovely beach house isn't cared for better. But you surely made it more inviting for the next guests!
I hope you have a large blog following for many reasons but especially for the honesty found in the blogs. Vacationing, eating out, just living day to day will never be the same without Mattie. Nothing you & Peter, no matter that you love each other & being together, will bring the same kind of joy as having these traditions with Mattie by your sides doing with you. I wonder how many travelers who people watch ever consider the story of a couple vacationing alone. I wonder too, how many people who know these couples, ever stop to consider just how painful or sad it is for parents who have lost a child to Cancer, watch other families who have no idea how swiftly life can change forever, without warning.
I learn many things from your blog! The most important thing is I learn about Mattie. He was precious & dearly loved forever. Horrible Cancer can sneak into a child without warning. It is a tornado, leaving only destruction, anguish in its path. That once again, I know parent loss is forever. It doesn't come & go. It is always there, no matter the events and smiles, the pain remains palpable. I wish there was more understanding of this fact. Not because, it would lessen the pain or change anything. It would possibly make people kinder, less judgemental and watch their words. No one can change the pain of loosing a child!
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