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 17, 2019

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Sunday, March 17, 2019


Tonight's picture was taken on St. Patrick's Day of 2009. Several of Mattie's friends gave him all sorts of clover gear! Mattie decided to put them all on in order to get dressed up to go into clinic that day. Despite how ill Mattie was and how badly he felt, he still had an incredible spirit and love for life. 










Quote of the day: The afternoon passed more slowly that a walnut sized kidney stone. ~ Tom Robbins


The highlight of my day was walking four miles with Peter and Sunny. We literally walked from home to Roosevelt Island. Then walked around the Island and back home. Sunny absolutely loved the adventure and it was the perfect day to do this, not too cold or too hot. 

I am very aware that I have a kidney stone, and I have had it traveling around my body for over a month. In the beginning when I learned this I was hesitant to do anything. Now I figure, I have to live my life, which means having plans, but never forgetting to drink water along the way. 

I snapped a photo of Peter and Sunny on Roosevelt Bridge.... walking to the Island. 
The beauty of Georgetown, from the Roosevelt Bridge. 
Peter snapped a photo of us! Sunny was thoroughly confused, as to why we weren't moving and getting to the Island!
I love this aerial view of the Island's boardwalk from the Roosevelt Bridge. 
The Kennedy Center off in the distance. 
Do you see the lone pine tree in the center of this photo! I call this tree, "Peter's tree." Why? Because Peter snaps photos of this tree throughout all the seasons. It is an interesting way of tracking the the change in weather. The Island is beginning to show new green growth, promising that Spring is on its way. 

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