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

September 18, 2019

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken on September 20, 2008. Mattie was in his second month of cancer treatment. I do not think I ever posted this photo on the blog while Mattie was alive. I tried to stick to more positive photos since I knew his cancer support community was reading the blog daily. It was a fine line I walked back then to balance the reality of childhood cancer with being sensitive to the minds and hearts reading Mattie's journey. Nonetheless, Peter and I faced many stressful, hopeless, and helpless scenes where Mattie was absolutely miserable and it was out of our power to control or alter the situation. 


Quote of the day: If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas. Mason Cooley


Today is day two of dealing with achy teeth. On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of spending three hours at the Dentist, dealing with drills, the noise associated with it, and the removal of a partial crown and the replacement with a temporary one. I can safely say that with tooth pain, comes headaches, and the whole thing has made me agitated. The fun continues though as I head back to the dentist tomorrow. 

This is a typical pain and emotional cycle diagram. I know it intuitively well, because I feel like I live it! Pain is influenced by emotions, and the cycle of pain and emotions are interrelated. Emotions may directly impact physical change as well. 

I live with several chronic issues like daily migraines and fibromyalgia, yet for the most part, I have learned not to let these issues permanently slow me down. However, when you add another pain to my already full plate, that can tip me over the edge. This whole tooth thing was not a welcomed visitor this week as it tires me out from getting things done and even writing the blog. 

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