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

August 31, 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Tonight's picture was taken in August of 2007. This was the summer that Mattie rode every roller coaster possible at Lego Land! Mattie LOVED roller coasters. He fell in love with them at Dutch Wonderland, when he rode on his first coaster. But at Lego Land, we couldn't get him off of them. I have never been on a roller coaster in my life, but fortunately Peter also loves them and together they spent the day together having a blast! When they stopped moving we did the other wonderful Lego Land components of the park! I would have to say Lego Land was one of Mattie's favorite theme parks! No surprise since Legos could have been his all time favorite toy (right up there with hot wheels and trains)!

Quote of the day: We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. ~ Marie Curie


It has been a busy day for me. I have been helping my parents with various things around their home and for the last few days we have been reorganizing my dad's in-home office. This project has involved moving desks, chairs, computers, rehanging pictures, moving all sorts of other furniture, and the list goes on. Somehow when you start one clean out project it has a way of carrying over into other areas. So we have been busy together but we have made great progress. 

In the midst of projects, we also got out today and had a lovely lunch outdoors and walked around. It was another glorious weather day here and it is hard to believe in the two weeks that I have been here I haven't experienced ONE grey day! Not one drop of rain!!! It is remarkable, especially coming from Washington, DC. Which to me is gray all so many days!


Meanwhile this evening, Peter sent me this photo from Washington, DC! It was a reminder to me of the fantastic summer storms we have due to the heat and humidity! It looks quite different from the clear blue skies of Los Angeles! Something I will be returning to very shortly. 

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