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

September 12, 2020

Saturday, September 12, 2020

September 12, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2008. That week we took Mattie to NYC to consult with a doctor at Memorial Sloan Kettering. That was a difficult visit, mainly because both the doctor and the institution were not a good match for us. In between hospital visits, we tried to give Mattie a NYC adventure. This photo was taken outside the Museum of Natural History. You can see that Mattie was NOT happy at all. 


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

  • number of people who were diagnosed with the virus: 6,476,460
  • number of people who died from the virus: 193,482


Given my migraine today, I won't be writing much. I think I did too much in terms of chores this week, seeing doctors, and having a six hour licensure board meeting yesterday. I have come back from Los Angeles very tired, and I have yet to get a break since returning home. 



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