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

June 20, 2020

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken in August of 2007. It as our yearly adventure to San Diego with my parents. That day, we went out to eat right by the water. I snapped this photo, but directly behind me was San Diego harbor. It was very beautiful and I can see why people move to San Diego. It is a city, but it isn't too big, and has the most delightful weather and access to the water. 







Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins
  • number of people who were diagnosed with the virus: 2,254,662
  • number of people who died from the virus: 119,719

At 12:30pm today we picked my dad up at the hospital. We brought him home to change and rest a bit. Then we took him to have lunch on a restaurant's patio. My dad ate up a storm. Like a lunch for three people. It makes sense since he was only on a fluid diet at the hospital since Tuesday. 

After lunch, we stopped by the house they are moving to next week. We had my dad sit in the backyard for a bit. What you can't see is in front of us is a golf course. There is built in entertainment in their backyard. Also beautifully green and peaceful. 


It is amazing that Peter and I look this well put together, given the schedule we have been keeping. Peter has been getting up at 5:30am every day and is working around the clock. It is taking every ounce of energy we have to balance my parents needs and packing and unpacking them into a new house. Next week is the last big push to move them into their new location. 

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