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

May 4, 2018

Friday, May 4, 2018

Friday, May 4, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2007. Mattie was five years old and in preschool. One of the things he did in class was a tracing of his body image. You know.... you get down on the floor and someone traces an outline of your body. Taped to Mattie's bedroom door was the tracing. Mattie colored it in and wanted it on his door to signify that it was his room. Mattie always loved his door decorated with things... ribbons, stickers, art projects, and the drawing in blue on the door says... Mattie (and a magnet symbol). At Mattie's school they always assigned a symbol to every child. The symbol started with the same letter as the child's name. So Mattie's second year of preschool, he was Mattie Magnet. Nonetheless, everyone always called him Mattie Moon, which was the symbol given to Mattie during his first year of preschool. 


Quote of the day: Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. ~ Louis Pasteur


It is 10:45pm and I am still working on the Walk! As of yesterday we raised, $58,729. Today, our fundraising thermometer reads... $61,178. We are 72% of the way toward our $85,000 goal. I wish I could say that raising money is easy or that it gets easier with every year. Certainly the more you do it, the more you know how to fundraise, but regardless of how many Walks we host, I will always be worried as to whether we will make our goal! It is actually stressful, and probably one of the hardest job I have ever done. It is difficult and stressful because of what the Foundation symbolizes. It is Mattie's memory and legacy and therefore, to me the Walk isn't just any event. 

In addition, to expelling cerebral energy, there is a physical energy component. It involves running around picking up items, dealing with permits, raffle items, heavy lifting of Walk materials from storage to our home, and the list goes on. With each successive year, I ask myself..... will I have the energy to keep doing this Walk? The verdict is still out, but for now, I am signing off. 


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