Mattie Miracle 15th Anniversary Video

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

August 27, 2022

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Tonight's picture was taken in August of 2009. Mattie was surrounded by his three main psychosocial providers.... Linda (child life specialist), Jenny (art therapist) and Jessie (art therapist). By this point we knew Mattie's cancer was terminal, but his team gave it their all until the very end. As you can see, Mattie did not want his photo taken therefore he put his leg up to block his face. 


Quote of the day: The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.  Helen Keller



Peter sent me this photo memory. It captures memories from ten years ago on our European cruise. There is a night and day difference in my parents between then and now.
This is my view this afternoon. Both are out cold!




















It is hard to believe that about a year ago we moved into our house. On August 25, 2021, we left our townhouse in Washington, DC. We had lived there 27 years! There are a host of memories made in this space. I can still remember our first night there, as we drove from Boston to Washington, and slept on the floor until our furniture and things arrived days later. We fit so much into this open space and when I saw it empty last year, it felt like I was hit by a tidal wave. I still don't like thinking about people living in our space. My joke with Peter was that Mattie vomited (as a baby) on practically every piece of wood in the townhouse. Our married life started here, Peter graduated from business school, I got my doctorate, we had Mattie, and we had our seven years with him. So many memories tied to 1,600 square feet. 

This was Mattie's bedroom. Which later became my office. 
Our bedroom. At this window, Mattie loved to watch cars, buses, trucks, and airplanes as a baby and toddler. Perhaps it cultivated his love of locomotion!
The day we moved, we packed up things we valued. The Italian music box is the home of Mattie's ashes. 
Our first night, we slept in the family room. I literally slept on Sunny's dog bed. We slept downstairs because the second floor had NO air conditioning. Another gift from the previous owners, as that was something we had to fix ASAP. It has been a very bumpy transition for us, as moving was tough, then we had extensive house renovations, followed by me packing up my parents and moving them in. I am still looking for my break?

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