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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

December 18, 2018

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Tuesday, December 18, 2018 -- Mattie died 483 weeks ago today.


Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2008. Mattie was in the hospital and friends brought him a Christmas themed Dunkin Donut. The food of choice for Mattie while on chemo! Friends also dropped off two Christmas stockings. Mattie decided not to decorate his room with the stockings, but rather have me put them on his legs!!! You truly had to love Mattie's whimsy, fun, and antics. 






Quote of the day: Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us. ~ David Cameron


Our first stop on this 10 day cruise was to the Bahamas. We anchored off the coast of Eleuthera.  Which is the southern most portion of the Bahamas.












Princess Cruises has their own private resort called Princess Cays on the Island. Princess Cays is 30 acres and you can do every kind of water sport, pet string rays, shop, dine, and enjoy the beach. From the ship to the shore.... we took a ferry which held about 280 passengers at a time. 
Though this is a private resort devoted to a cruise ship, it was amazing to see the infrastructure. Not to mention the countless jobs this resort provides people who live on the island. 

There were cute little cottages at the resort that people could rent. Literally every cottage was occupied today.  
My mom and me, with the Crown Princess in the background. 
Peter and me!
The beauty of the island. The water had so many amazing colors to it. When we ferried over, we sat next to a couple with their two young girls. One of the girls was named, Victoria. The mother reflected on how she met her husband in school and now 24 years later they are still married and have two children. 

A nice story! Though Peter and I have a similar story and know each other for more years than this couple was married, our story isn't as cheery as theirs. It doesn't make for light conversation (childhood cancer), so clearly we don't discuss it. Because we don't discuss it, doesn't mean that it doesn't bother us, or that seeing parents with their children is easy for us. 
The beauty of the clouds, palm trees, and beautiful blue skies. 

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