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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

December 7, 2019

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2008. Mattie was home between treatments and wanted to play the piano. Mattie was musical and wanted to take piano lessons. In fact, I had selected a piano teacher for him and he was enrolled in lessons that were scheduled to start the fall of 2008. Unfortunately Mattie was diagnosed in the summer of 2008, and never had a lesson. Yet he would sit at our piano and would do his own compositions. How did we get this piano?

Well we had a neighbor, Susan. Susan was moving out and she got to know Mattie over the years. So before she left, she literally gave us her piano for free. Telling us that now Mattie (pre-cancer) could learn to play. 


Quote of the day: To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles. ~ T.F. Hodge


This is a photo of Peter's mom today. Can you believe that yesterday she had a major spinal surgery? Five hours long! Yet they got her up, she took a few steps and sat up for a while. I am sure sitting up felt great, after lying flat for five days! 

Tonight's quote captures how I am feeling about what is transpiring in Boston. Where Peter is, as it isn't just Peter impacted by his mom's accident. Peter has a brother and sister in law, who have opinions about next steps. Needless to say, we are not on the same page and at the moment none of us are talking to each other. 

But as Peter and I know all too well.... stay focused on the outcome and make the best decisions possible. We are good at totally factoring out noise, because unfortunately we know very well how to handle and manage medical crises. 

I had the opportunity to visit my friend Margy. Margy and I met on Facebook (in June 2015)! That's right! We did not know each other before this electronic connection. We had ONE mutual friend on Facebook and that is how we got connected. As Margy always says, we were meant to be connected. 

Margy was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer in January of 2018. This January, she will be fighting this disease for two years. Despite all that Margy endures each day, she is a amazingly positive, hopeful, and always displays great compassion and understanding for all of us around her. We had lunch together, cupcakes (of course!), exchanged Christmas gifts, and chatted for hours. 

Christmas friends!

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