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

March 14, 2012

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2002, Mattie's first Christmas. After we decorated the tree that year, Peter transported Mattie in his high chair (NOT a favorite place for him to be) in front of the tree. Peter and I have not decorated for Christmas since December of 2007, and in many ways it has become a holiday that signifies more pain than happiness for us.


Quote of the day: What we see depends mainly on what we look for. ~
John Lubbock




The highlight of my day today was contacting Peter and asking him if he wanted to meet up for lunch. It was a glorious day in Washington, DC, in the upper 70s, and since Peter isn't feeling well (with his ear again, very reminiscent of last year!), I figured he needed fresh air and some sunlight. So I walked to his office and we sat outside for an hour and had lunch together. However, things went downhill for me from there.

I had my third acupuncture appointment today, and about an hour after the appointment, I developed a violent headache. My head hurts so much now, that tonight's posting will be short because I am having trouble looking at the computer. So until tomorrow and as always thank you for checking in with us!

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