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

September 16, 2017

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2007. Peter took Mattie to Boston to visit his family, and while there the cousins all got together and went on a boat ride on the Boston Harbor together.  As you can see Mattie was hamming it up for the camera, and was having a good time being one of the kids. It is hard to believe that a year after this photo was taken Mattie was battling cancer. 


Quote of the day: If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ~ John Quincy Adams


We started off our day outside on the deck. All of us were outside having breakfast, even a bumble bee. Do you see him sitting on the flower of our ginger lily. This bee was with us throughout breakfast. 








Indie was transfixed on this bee. She couldn't take her eyes off of it and really wanted to jump up at catch it!

The beauty of Indie! Indie LOVES outdoor time. She doesn't care what the weather is like, she is even on our deck when it is raining! 
Meanwhile, things are all over the place as we get ready for Curefest, the national awareness event on the Washington Mall tomorrow. Mattie Miracle will have a booth at the event and we will get there with Sunny by 8:30am to set up. Mind you we take about a two mile walk with our things to get there, with Sunny in tow! It will be a full day, as we won't pack up there until 2pm. 
I received this lovely photo from our friend Kristen today. She is starting her own non-profit featuring kindness stones. Her stones this month feature childhood cancer awareness messages. She drops these stone all over her area, and I would just love to know who will pick one of these beauties up! This particular stone features Mattie and the Foundation!

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