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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

June 17, 2018

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken on Father's Day in 2007. That day we decided to go on a Duck Tour of Washington, DC. Something none of us had ever done before. We figured it would be an adventure for Mattie since this was an amphibious vehicle, and that Mattie would love seeing the bus drive into the Potomac River and float. It was a good activity in theory, but everything is always so crowded in DC, especially on a holiday. One of the things Mattie did not do well with was crowds. So the day turned out to be less than pleasant. I figured we would have more Father's Days in the future so one not so good holiday, would be okay. However, the following year Mattie was diagnosed with cancer. 


Quote of the day: The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.Antoine-François Prévost


Today is the ninth Father's Day acknowledged without Mattie's presence. I would like to say with each successive year, these holidays get easier. I have a feeling the majority of the world thinks this happens, and if I were in their shoes, I most likely would think the same thing. After all, I would hope that pain from such a loss isn't a lifetime sentence. But sadly the reality is much more grim.

The highlight of our day was picking up Indie and Sunny from boarding. This is Sunny in the car right outside of boarding! He was yelping with joy!
After we picked Sunny up, we took him on a walk. He was so existed to be out, sniffing, and chasing squirrels! He wasn't walking, it was more like he was running. It was hard to keep up with him. Ironically, when Sunny is boarded, I get daily text messages that he doesn't want to eat. Which I find very funny, because when he is with me, he is non-stop eating. 
When Peter and I moved to Washington, DC YEARS ago we went to the Sears Garden center and bought lilies. Believe it or not, these are the same bulbs that come out every June around Father's Day for the last twenty years. It is hard to believe that the bulbs outlasted Mattie. 
Our Father's Day lilies. 
Meanwhile, Indie got a lot of outdoor time on our deck today. She was in heaven. 
Do you see Indie. She either sits on a chair, on top of the table, or in this case under the table. She loves spying on birds flying over head and today's adventure was chasing a dragonfly!

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