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

July 21, 2018

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2009. Looking at this photo, you maybe asking yourself.... what was going on? Mattie was playing with his two closest friends in cancer, Brandon and Jocelyn. They were all in clinic and trying to entertain Mattie by building boats and then having boat races in the clinic's sink. I am not sure what I found more amazing about this scene..... the fact that Mattie's friends were so much older than him, yet they all got along, or that Mattie was so ill and yet despite how he felt, he got up out of his wheelchair to play and interact with his friends. Now that's amazing!


Quote of the day: If you’re searching for a quote that puts your feelings into words – you won’t find it. You can learn every language and read every word ever written – but you’ll never find what’s in your heart. ~ Ranata Suzuki


As I mentioned in the blog earlier this week, I am not a fan of graffiti. On Monday, I was walking Sunny on our usual route, and came across this horrible sight. A sight that only I seemed bothered by. People were passing it by and it did not even register with them. I am not sure how that is possible considering this artistic horror was huge, bold, and offensive. So I reported this to DC on Monday. 
Four days later, the graffiti has been removed. The city even sent me an email yesterday afternoon letting me know they took care of it. I am thankful DC takes these requests seriously as I know the same level of professionalism is not followed when reporting homelessness issues.  
As is typical in DC, because we had three nice weather days this week, we will be paying for it this weekend. It is non stop torrential rain. Only myself and the other dog owners are out and about walking in this! Despite being soaked that did not stop Sunny from wanting to chase rats. That is correct... the rain brings the rats out. Absolutely hateful sight, but I am quite sure given what I have seen that DC has more rats than people. 

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