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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

September 4, 2017

Monday, September 4, 2017

Monday, September 4, 2017

Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2007. Mattie was five years old and had just begun kindergarten. That weekend we took Mattie to the old Nat's stadium to see a baseball game. Mattie was a lot like me regarding sports. Meaning sports did not catch our attention and we were more interested in people watching, while Peter watched the game. 


Quote of the day: Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ~ Henry Van Dyke



We walked from our home over the Roosevelt Bridge today to get to Roosevelt Island. It was a glorious weather day in DC, and I knew that there would be NO parking available at the Island, so I convinced Peter to walk. When we were all said and done we walked close to five miles. 

You can see all the boating traffic on the Potomac River! 


This is the route over the bridge to the Island. Sunny had NO idea where we were taking him, but he is always up for an adventure. 

While on Roosevelt Bridge, this was our overhead view of the island, along with the board walk. Peter loves this pine tree in the distance. In fact, to watch the changing of the seasons, he snaps a photo of this tree at all times of the year. 
Meanwhile, the wild honeysuckle has taken over. It is all over and we passed a ton of it on our walk. It is very fragrant but considered an invasive plant as it is particularly found along roadsides and in disturbed areas.
From the Bridge we could also see the herons hanging out in the water.  
When we got on the Island, we got a close up of the Great Blue Heron. Despite all the people around, he didn't seem disturbed at all. 
This was a second Great Blue Heron that we saw. Of course when walking with Sunny there are no leisurely strolls, as he likes to walk at quite a clip. Though we love the board walk, Sunny prefers walking through the woods. Nonetheless, the walk wore all of us out in the heat! 

1 comment:

Margy Jost said...

I love Mattie's picture with Peter. I love their carefree smiles full of love! I love reading of all your adventures with Mattie. You did so many wonderful things, creating memories, having no idea that all these chances would end too early & unfairly. I am sorry Peter & Vicki ❤️