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 5, 2020

Saturday, September 5, 2020

Saturday, September 5, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2008. Mattie was two months into treatment. That day we were home and a friend dropped off this dancing yellow bird. Do you see it on top of the furniture? Literally we pressed a button and music came on and the bird danced. Mattie and Peter were giving me their bird dancing impression. Naturally I had to capture the moment, and I am so glad I did! Moments in time are fleeting and I am happy I never missed the opportunity to snap a photo. As all these photos are now priceless to us. 




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

  • Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 6,224,789
  • Number of people who died from the virus: 188,098


I am keeping a close watch on my dad's leg. Mind you of course that this is from 2,500 miles away. But thanks to technology, receiving photos is easy. I alerted my dad's caregiver that I want photos daily because its important to see if the new treatment is working. 

Though this doesn't look great, there are no more blisters and oozing going on. So things are drying up. I am hoping within a few days the redness subsides. 

Though feeling very tired, we did take a two mile walk with Sunny and I even went grocery shopping. Somehow life is filled with chores, regardless of where you are. Yet I learned when Mattie had cancer and we were trapped inside the hospital, that doing the daily routine (including chores) is a blessing. It means you are well enough and have the freedom to do this. 

 

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