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

January 21, 2018

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in February of 2003. Mattie was ten months old and was exploring his new toy..... a table which played all sorts of music. I think Mattie's facial expression says it all! He was just not sure why this table was making all this noise. So he was curious and yet cautious! 



Quote of the day: Freedom is what we do with what is done to us. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre



To celebrate my friend Ann's birthday today, myself and another friend went to the Park Hyatt in DC for high tea. To me tea should be a special experience. This is the second high tea I have had in DC (at different locations). Each venue really do host this event quite differently. The Park Hyatt is lovely because it is smoothing, they don't rush you at all, and there is a lot of space between tables. 

Pictured from left to right: Mary, Ann, and Vicki

However, I would say there were aspects of the tea that I did not like. Such as the presentation of the food, the ordinal china, and NO scones and clotted cream. That to me is the beauty of high tea. 

I have noticed now that high tea is served like this... with little warmers that actually do keep your tea hot. That is quite lovely and I experienced a special citrus oolong tea today. Needless to say, it is a special thing to do in the winter time, when you feel like you are climbing the walls doing the same old thing inside. 

There are a handful of places in DC that host high tea, and I have gone to two on the top ten list so far. I feel like I am on my way to writing a guide book on tea in our region.... including 'the must experience' and the 'forget about its!'

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