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 18, 2019

Friday, January 18, 2019

Friday, January 18, 2019

Tonight's photo was taken in January of 2009.  The music volunteers at Georgetown University Hospital grew so fond of Mattie, that for Christmas of 2008, they gave him this incredible keyboard. Before Mattie was diagnosed, I had arranged for him to start piano lessons. That never happened unfortunately, but nonetheless, Mattie was trying to learn to play on his own. After Mattie died, we donated this key board to the hospital for other children to enjoy. 


Quote of the day: Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ~ Jim Rohn



Some days I look up at the clock and I wonder what happened to the day? Today was that kind of day. Not that I got any one thing accomplished. But with conference calls, emails, annual Walk preparations, and organizing the Foundation's presentation at a school next week.... and all I can say is I am done. Signing off!

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