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

December 12, 2017

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 -- Mattie died 430 weeks ago today.

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2003. Mattie was visiting my parents in Los Angeles for Christmas. Their house had wonderful fruit trees in the backyard and Mattie was intrigued by the oranges and grapefruits. He loved to pick them, sort them, and play with them! Hours of fun, and no toys were needed!!! Farmer Brown..... hard at work!


Quote of the day: The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. Charles de Gaulle


Once a month, Sunny goes for grooming. He has a lot of fur and though I brush him daily, it takes a lot to maintain him. I met Sunny's groomer over a year ago. She is very good with him and after she is done with him, he looks and smells wonderful!

Today while he was being groomed, she sent me this cute photo. Sunny has come a long way. When he first started getting groomed, he was deathly afraid of the wash basin and forget about the table that is used to trim his fur. He HATED it!!! Now you can see he is acclimating to the process, still doesn't like it, but looks happier than before!

Sunny's groomer isn't around the corner for me. It takes me 40 minutes each way to drive to her. Naturally I could get another groomer who is closer, but since Sunny has a good fit with her, I manage. 

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