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

January 11, 2018

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in January of 2009. Mattie was in NYC, staying in a hotel room. We were there to start experimental treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering. All the items you see sitting in front of Mattie were sent to him by Linda, his child life specialist. She literally mailed items she thought Mattie would enjoy while away. Honestly this welcome to NY present was beyond touching. Notice Mattie's left arm that was up in this picture. Mattie wasn't holding his arm this way, it just literally wouldn't go down. It looked like a broken chicken wing. Don't ask me how Mattie's prosthesis twisted and turned around in his body, but it did. His arm was like this for the entire time we were in NY, and wasn't corrected into we got back to DC. 



Quote of the day: I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.George Burns



Well the headaches continue, and yet so do I. I am not sure how I function, but I chalk it up to years of practice of living with chronic pain. 

I planned a small birthday lunch for my friend Jane today. I have known Jane since 2005, as Mattie and Jane's daughter were in preschool together. Jane continues to be heavily involved in Mattie Miracle and two years ago started to serve as our Walk Team coordinator. I really appreciate her support because April and May are very stressful months for me. I set a financial goal which needs to be met at our Annual Awareness Walk and there are three women who share this stress with me. Or at least are working tirelessly to make this goal a reality and that is Jane, Peggy and Ann. 

Pictured in this photo from left to right are Catherine (her daughter went to preschool with Mattie), Ann, Jane, Vicki and Peggy. 

In a way, myself, Jane, Peggy, and Ann refer to ourselves as the "Nags." Why? Because we are always nagging people for money. Well not outright nagging but you get the picture. In any case, we have formed the Nags Club and I have given each nag member a little silver horse charm as a reminder of their important role with Mattie Miracle. In any case, I believe it is important to celebrate birthdays and to acknowledge those who are so good to Mattie Miracle. 

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