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

December 18, 2019

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken on December 5, 2002. This was our first snow fall of the season. I dressed Mattie up so that we could capture a photo for our family Christmas card. In between photos, Peter made a snow ball and showed it to Mattie. Don't you just love Mattie's inspection of this white ball?!!!


Quote of the day: Love is the micro-moment of warmth and connection that you share with another living being. ~ Barbara Fredrickson


Recently I received a couple of emails out of the blue from a few people I have met over the years. Either I worked with them in some way or had the opportunity to interact with them through the Foundation. These individuals who reached out to me don't know each other, therefore, the fact that I received emails from them this week is sheer coincidence. Perhaps it is the holiday season that causes all of us to be more introspective, and thereby triggers people to write emails. I don't know. But one things I do know and that is we all like knowing that either something we did or said, made a difference in another person's life. So given the two plus weeks Peter and I have had with his mom's accident, receiving positive messages is a wonderful way to start off our trip tomorrow. 

Peter and I did not stop moving from the moment we got up this morning. It was one chore after the other, after the other. Within our day, we had to board both Sunny and Indie. Neither of which like being separated from us. I always admire people who have family around to care for their pets or children. Peter and I never had this and therefore always had to find outside sources for help. I rarely had a babysitter for Mattie, and somehow this philosophy translates over to Sunny and Indie. Today I was thinking.... why do I never see a dog on a cruise ship? If people can bring animals on planes, why not on a cruise?! No answer, but I chuckle thinking about Sunny and Indie on the high seas! Any case, I will be writing to you tomorrow from Florida. 

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