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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

April 6, 2019

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken on April 4, 2009. This was Mattie 7th and last birthday with us. We celebrated the day in the child life playroom. Next to Mattie is Brandon. Though Mattie and Brandon are 11 years a part in age, they were good friends. Or as Mattie would say, "Brandon is my best friend." Mattie felt that Brandon understood him because they were both diagnosed with cancer at the same time. Though Brandon went into remission three months on treatment, he always came back to the hospital to visit Mattie. Keep in mind that Brandon lives over an hour away from the hospital. So to me this spoke to the power of friendship. 


Quote of the day: I love you every day. And now I will miss you every day. ~ Mitch Albom


We got up at 6:30am, packed up our rental and went to the Sanctuary hotel for breakfast. It is always a wonderful send off on a long trip ahead. This hotel is so elegant, but in an understated way. 


I have to say the trip from South Carolina to North Carolina goes quickly for me. It does thanks to these "South of the Border" signs. Signs that pop up every two miles, over an 80 mile stretch. I literally took pictures of 30 signs today. I haven't posted all of them, but you get the gist. These signs keep me busy and entertained in the passenger seat. 

I think the founder of "South of the Border" was ingenious when he created these signs. I can just picture kids on a long car trip, glued to the side of the road, looking for the next sign to pop up. Of course after the end of the 80 mile drive, is "South of the Border." In essence an amusement park geared for kids. I really think Mattie would have gotten a kick out of this. 
This one maybe my favorite... Hear no evil, see no evil, and speak no evil. 
The signs just make me laugh. 
Humorous no? You can see that most of the signs give you a count down until you arrive. This one tells you that you are 36 miles away from "South of the Border."
It makes you smile, no?
Mattie would have loved the car attached to the sign. 
Makes you chuckle. 
1/2 miles away!
Then you cross the border from South Carolina to North Carolina, you leave "South of the Border" behind and are greeted with Welcome to North Carolina. 

It was a 9 hour drive today. It made for a long day. But we can't get too comfortable as Monday we leave for Phoenix to attend and present at a conference. 

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