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

March 16, 2019

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2003. Mattie was 11 months old and that was his first plane trip to California. I had to attend a conference and my parents watched Mattie while Peter and I went to the conference. As you can see Mattie had a way of filling up a home. I still remember snapping this photo. You can practically feel Mattie's energy. 


Quote of the day: Paul is part of an experiment. Instead of giving him morphine for his kidney stones, they are testing the healing power of laughter. ~ Unknown


Another day and NO kidney stone collected. It is very frustrating, as I consuming more water than one person should have to in a week. Between Sunny walks and chores, I spent the rest of the day glued to the computer. Trying to update our website, work on our March newsletter, and of course begin to revamp the Walk 2019 website. 

When I went grocery shopping yesterday, the clerk checking me out commented on how lucky I was to be able to go shopping during the work week. I admit that yes I have this flexibility, but then I also told him I do work around the clock. There is no down time, not even on the weekends. I am sure he thought I was either exaggerating or not telling the truth. Either case, when I stop, so does the Foundation. It is a hard reality to try to describe to someone, especially if you haven't had the experience of running your own company. 

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