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

July 15, 2015

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2007. As you can see we had a lot going on, on our deck. We had Patches, our cat sitting on top of Mattie's sand box. We had a large inflatable pool taking up half the deck, and on the table if you notice carefully are two special wine goblets. These goblets belongs to my paternal grandparents. They were used during their wedding to make a celebratory toast. After that point, my grandparents used them on special occasions, such as anniversaries. After they died, my uncle gave Peter and I these goblets. Since we had them out on the table, I know this meant we were toasting our anniversary, and Mattie came to give me a big hug for the occasion! 


Quote of the day: Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu



Today Peter and I celebrated our 20th Wedding Anniversary. Peter posted the following photos on his facebook page and many people have commented and shared their thoughts with us throughout the day. 

Yesterday, I pulled out our wedding album. I haven't done this in at least a decade. I then reached for my camera and snapped photos of the photos, since this was before the age of electronic photographs.  






What you probably can't tell here is that on July 15, 1995, the weather was INCREDIBLY hot and humid. The temperatures were over 100 degrees. How Peter and I managed in a tuxedo and wedding dress, is beyond me. But it is the beauty of youth and excitement. 














A photo with my parents! 




A photo with Peter's parents!













Peter with our bridesmaids. From left to right are Jen, Karen (my maid of honor), Colleen, and Christina. 

Karen and I met in 6th grade and we are lifetime friends. Christina and I met in college, and Jen, Colleen, and I met in graduate school in Boston. 




Karen sent me a photo of our wedding favor (the rose tea cup) and our rehearsal dinner favor (the wedding bell) today! Like me, she is a sentimentalist! 












Though I haven't been a big fan of Facebook, I have learned to appreciate connecting with people directly this way. I had delightful instant messenger chats with several people today, one being my cousin who lives in Connecticut. She went to Italy recently and visited with family. She sent me several photos today in honor of our anniversary. One was this wedding
photo of my paternal grandparents. They too were married on July 15th! If they were alive today, they would have celebrated their 81st anniversary. 

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