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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

November 25, 2017

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2008. Mattie was home between treatments and received this adorable turkey hat from his school counselor. This has to be my favorite Thanksgiving photo of Mattie. 

Ironically when you look at this photo, doesn't Mattie look happy? He was truly remarkable, because most of us in his condition wouldn't be smiling or even able to smile. To me this photo captures the spirit and inner beauty of Mattie. 






Quote of the day: You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the things which you think you cannot do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt


Peter and I spent part of the day working on creating our Foundation's Annual Fund letter. Every December Mattie Miracle sends out a letter and small gift to all of our loyal supporters. Our Annual Fund is very important and helps us maintain our operational budget. We wanted a new look for our letter and mailing and have been working on this for a bit. Hopefully by next week this letter will go to print and next weekend we will work on assembling 500 envelopes to be mailed to supporters. 


Sunny was very patient today while we were working. However, by 1pm, he was READY to go out. We tried to take him to Scott's Run in Great Falls to walk, but there literally was a traffic jam in the parking lot. So we turned the car around and went back to Roosevelt Island. Also crowed but we eventually found a parking space. 

Sunny just loves his outdoor time and walking in the woods. While walking, we came across two large woodpeckers. You can't miss these fellows, because when they hit wood with their beaks, it makes a very large thump! Can you see one of the woodpeckers on the ground? He has a tuft of red on his head. 


This is a close up of a pileated woodpecker. You can see how big he is and his glorious red head! Pileated in Latin means, capped. Signaling his bright red cap on his head. He is the second largest woodpecker in the United States and it is said this woodpecker is about the size of a crow. 

1 comment:

Margy Jost said...

Eleanor Roosevelt was correct, we must look fear in the face for it is the only way to gain strength & courage. Children with Cancer find strength that many adults would lack the ability to do. Mattie's smile through all his treatment time is always inspiring! His smile challenges those who see his many pictures with smiles to look beyond the fear at least for a moment and give it all we got. This, we learn, from a young boy who fought a horrible cancer!