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 7, 2020

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken on March 7, 2007. Hard to believe it was 13 years ago today. On that day, it started to snow and with that, Mattie wanted to go out on our deck and play. I have to admit I wasn't a snow or cold weather person, but because Mattie liked it, out we went. Instead of sandcastles, Mattie made snow castles. Similar to his sandcastles on the beach, he decorated these castles with whatever he could find! Back then we had a big rock, pine cone, and seashell collection, all things obtained during our many trips we took with Mattie. 




Quote of the day: There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time. ~ C. Joybell


In the midst of non-stop news about the virus and people getting sick, we got out and took Sunny for a Walk today. We were greeted by daffodils, the sign of spring. Which is typically such a happy and freeing time, as we say good-bye to winter. 
The beauty of Great Falls, VA. 
The rapids of the Falls. 
 See how happy Sunny was?
Hard to keep a good boy down! He wanted to explore and meet the other dogs taking walks. 
Walking with blue sky and the sun, made it seem like there was nothing to worry about. 
The beauty of nature at Great Falls. 

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