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

April 11, 2015

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2009, at Mattie's seventh and last birthday celebration. Mattie was in the child life playroom on his actual birthday. Linda, Mattie's child life specialist, arranged for us to have a party in the playroom for Mattie and we invited some of his friends from school to attend. Of course pictured next to Mattie was Brandon, Mattie's big buddy. Brandon was diagnosed with cancer around the same time as Mattie in 2008. Despite their age difference, they understood and appreciated each other as friends. Mattie had a wonderful time that day in the playroom doing all sorts of games, activities, eating Georgetown Cupcakes, and opening presents. 


Quote of the day: Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in our own. ~ Adam Lindsay Gordon


Peter and I had a long day of travel today but we are back home in Washington, DC tonight. I will post some of my photos I took from last night and today in Sanibel. Last night on our way to dinner we saw a rainbow.







This was our view which we said goodbye to this morning! We have enjoyed being able to look at the Gulf of Mexico every day for a week!









From our balcony we could see all sorts of action, without leaving our chairs! This morning I saw sting ray.









Of course my favorite... Pelicans!











I have enjoyed watching the white egrets hunt for fish in the morning, along with the pelicans! We also got a morning dolphin show as well! 











We drove from Sanibel back to Tampa today. We flew out of Tampa because Peter knows I do not like flying small planes. So I would prefer the 2.5 hour drive to Tampa over going to a closer airport to Sanibel Island, where I would have to fly a smaller plane. On route into Tampa, we had to cross over this beautiful Sunshine Skyway bridge. What you may not be able to tell is the bridge spires are painted a beautiful golden yellow sunshine color. It is simply lovely to look at!!! 

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