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

November 12, 2018

Monday, November 12, 2018

Monday, November 12, 2018

As this is the eve of Peter's birthday, I thought this was an appropriate photo for today. It was taken in November of 2007, on Peter's birthday. Mattie enjoyed celebrating birthdays and he always insisted we bake a cake. In Peter's case, we knew his favorite combination was a lemon cake with vanilla frosting. I am happy I snapped this photo of Mattie giving Peter his cake. In fact, I never passed up an opportunity to capture our moments together.  


Quote of the day: All I really need is love, but a little candy now and then doesn't hurt! ~ Charles Schulz



The delivery of candy began today! I am telling you the amount collected this year is overwhelming. We estimate it at 15,000 pounds. It fills up an entire garage. 

Our friend, Ann, helped us with deliveries today. She dropped off bins and bags of snacks to the child life staff at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (Washington, DC). 
Meanwhile, Peter and I rented a Uhaul van to drive to Baltimore. We had around 25 big bins loaded and we stopped at:


  1. Hackerman Patz House (which is like a home away from home, where families can stay on campus, when a child is being treated at Sinai Hospital)
  2. Children's Hospital at Sinai

Our third stop was to the Ronald McDonald House. Which is similar to the Hackerman Patz house, but not located on a hospital campus. We dropped off lots of candy, but fortunately the photo doesn't show the full amount. 

Round trip we were in the car today from 8am to 3:30pm. Then I got home and walked Sunny. But it did not end there. I got it in my head that I have to create a candy video, just like a Walk video, but this one would highlight our candy drives. Needless to say, I am still working on it, as designing a video doesn't just happen. I admit to being very tired now, and yet I have deliveries to make every day this week. 


My poor car is loaded up with candy for delivery. I have no doubt when I open the door tomorrow morning, the smell will hit me. It isn't as pleasant as you would think!!!

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