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

April 11, 2020

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2005. Mattie was three years old. That day I took him to the mall to get a picture with the Easter Bunny. This was the only photo we ever took with the Bunny. In fact the only copy I have of this photo is the original one from the mall. So naturally I took a photo of the photo so that I could have an electronic copy. I absolutely love Mattie's smile here! Mattie had a healthy fear of these large story book characters, but there was something about this bunny that made him seem okay and approachable. 





Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins

  • number of people diagnosed with the virus: 522,286
  • number of people who died from the virus: 20,283


After meeting Sunny's needs today, we decided to take a long walk. We walked 5.6 miles. We walked over the Key Bridge into Virginia. Walked around Roosevelt Island and then walked over Roosevelt Bridge to get back into the District of Columbia. So we walked in two states. The walking does help manage stress, anxiety, and lots of frustration with being in this virus lock down. 
Roosevelt Island never disappoints. While on the Island we saw several deer. 
Even a Great Blue Heron. It is wonderful to see greenery, birds, deer, and signs of spring. All things unaffected by the virus. Reminding us that there is hope and life won't always be like this. 
While crossing over the Roosevelt Bridge, we were looking at the Potomac River dotted with birds! I am talking hundreds of Cormorants all over the water. A sight we have seen in Florida, but never in DC.  

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