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

November 22, 2018

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2008. Mattie was home between treatments and received this turkey hat from his school counselor. In my opinion Mattie made the cutest turkey ever!!! This is my favorite Thanksgiving photo. I will never forget Thanksgiving 2008, it was a royal disaster as Mattie had all the classic post traumatic stress responses, which made life at home nearly impossible. It was a very sad and depressing holiday and to this day, I refuse to watch the Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC. The whole notion of the parade transforms me right back to Thanksgiving Day 2008. Our last Thanksgiving with Mattie. 


Quote of the day: He who thanks but with the lips thanks but in part; The full, the true Thanksgiving Comes from the heart.J.A. Shedd



We celebrated Thanksgiving at our sister in law's house today. Both of our nephews and our niece were home, as two of them are in college. It is wonderful to see these children growing up over the years. Mattie was the youngest one out of the four of them. Which I am always cognizant of, and I would have to say that holidays of any and all kinds are very bittersweet for us. 

I am not a Thanksgiving Day fan, as I explained in last night's blog posting. I am not sure what is worse to manage the holiday alone or to be surrounded by family members. Especially family members with children. At the end of the day, nothing is right or feels right. 

Little things set me off when in a group of people and at the end of the day, I am left with the feeling that others truly can't understand or appreciate our loss. 
This evening, outside the window, I noticed a very full Mattie moon. I would like to think that Mattie was with us in some way and perhaps others thought of Mattie as well when they saw this big beautiful moon. 

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