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

February 23, 2018

Friday, February 23, 2018

Friday, February 23, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2007. Mattie was five years old and Super Mattie was helping me with laundry. Not only did our cart hold laundry, but it also held Mattie. I remember for at least a year after Mattie died, doing laundry was truly disturbing to me. Because there were no more Mattie articles to clean and fold. It was very disorienting, especially since Mattie used to come with me to the laundry room in our complex. I still miss my side kick, who made laundry day extra exciting. As typically Mattie did not walk to the laundry room, but would either ride his bicycle, scooter, or you name it! Life with Mattie wasn't boring!



Quote of the day: Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.  George R.R. Martin


I had an all day licensure board meeting today, we started at 10am and we did not finish until 5:30pm. Needless to say I am wiped out now, and don't really want to hear one more thought or perspective. Tonight's quote has me laughing!

At today's meeting practically every board member had a difference of opinion. None of us are right or wrong, but in order to move forward on certain decisions we need a majority vote. We discussed one topic close to 90 minutes, after which I decided we needed to move on and will pick up on this topic next month! 

I had great plans to accomplish Foundation work today when I got home. It never happened. Signing off for today. 

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