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 30, 2019

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2003. This was during Mattie's first birthday party. Mattie did not understand all the commotion that day and several times he and I went upstairs to regroup. Peter brought Mattie to our deck to have cake with our family. Don't you love the troubled face on Mattie? It says it all. 


Quote of the day: The death of a beloved is an amputation. ~ C. S. Lewis

We drove 4.5 hours today from Raleigh, NC to Kiawah Island, SC. What I love about going from the North Carolina to South Carolina border, is the signage. It is truly catchy. Signs that count down the mileage to "South of the Border."

"South of the Border" is an attraction or destination that has been around for 50 years. It sits on the border and attracts a lot of tourists journeying through the Carolinas. This attraction was originally only a bar fifty years ago. As people in North Carolina were in dry counties, with no access to alcohol. Over time this area developed into almost like a mini-theme park with shops, arcades, restaurants, and fun activities for kids. Literally there are over 175 signs along the highway, of which I snapped photos of about 20. 

The sign above was at 25 miles, and this was 19 miles to South of the Border.
12 miles to South of the Border
7 miles until South of the Border
This was our first visit to South of the Border. Curiosity got me this time. It was a fun pit stop, and place Mattie would have loved. 
The signage to me is just nostalgic!
This is Pedro! He is so large, that cars can actually drive through his legs. Pedro is the mascot for the attraction. 
The sombrero observation tower. For two dollars, we could get tickets to ride the elevator up! I am not sure it is worth the trip, as up top there are chain link fences making views difficult to freely see. 
At the top of the tower. Peter snapped a photo of me in front of the sombrero. 
We checked into our condo. It is a pleasure walking into a clean and renovated space. I will never forget the condo we rented the last time in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was a total disaster. 
It's bright, spacious, and new!
The view from our balcony. After the month and a half we have had, we need this time away to regain strength. 

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