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

November 23, 2014

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2008. Mattie was beginning to take piano lessons right before he was diagnosed with cancer. Mattie loved music and though he really did not understand theory or how to read music, Mattie wanted to create musical pieces off the top of his head. Noise never bothered me! Even when he was a toddler, he would have all his toys on at the same time..... making a racket, and that wouldn't bother me. The only thing that got to me was tantrums, crying, and screaming. Which Mattie did a ton of. But mechanical noises, toys, and piano banging did not phase me back then. 


Quote of the day: A person who does many things differently and often independently makes perhaps the biggest difference of the highest significance for the greatest excellence in everyone's life.Anuj Somany



Today Peter and I spent the day catching up on chores and doing work. It seems to be our primary mode of operation and certainly how we cope with difficult days and approaching holidays. I do realize though I am extremely tired, which is why tonight's blog is short to non-existent.  

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