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

December 2, 2013

Monday, December 2, 2013

Monday, December 2, 2013

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2007. That year we went to Florida for the holidays. Prior to walking around outside there was a storm and clearly the wind blew a big palm frond right off of a tree. Mattie was intrigued by this finding and we literally brought this big leaf back to our hotel room. This leaf stayed in our hotel room for our entire vacation! Mattie would have loved to pack it in our luggage to take home, but he settled on several photos of it instead.






Quote of the day: As I reflect back on my life, I have come to realize that my greatest triumphs have been born of my greatest troubles. ~  Steve Maraboli

I am not feeling well at the moment, as I am suffering with a massive migraine. So I have to limit my computer time. Pictured here is a pine tree that I repotted and decorated for my friend Mary. Mary's 85th birthday is tomorrow and this is one of the gifts I am bringing to her to help her acknowledge the holiday season. When Peter saw my tree tonight, he said that it looked like a designer tree. I do not think my photograph does this cutie justice.
 

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