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

March 27, 2019

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2004. Mattie had just turned two years old. You maybe wondering what was on the wall? Well, I taped blank sheets of paper along with some activity sheets to the wall. I did this for the children who were coming over to celebrate Mattie's birthday. Though the party was over, I kept the wall of creation up for several days post party. Mattie enjoyed creating that much! I snapped this photo because Peter came home from work and Mattie was showing him the wall!





Quote of the day: Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~ Hans Christian Andersen


I couldn't agree more than with tonight's quote! I am looking for my sunshine and "little flower" this week. It has been one thing after the other. All I know is in about one month's time I have had a ton of testing, seen a lot of doctors, and had several hospital visits. I thought all of this would be behind me and that I would be able to recover from last Thursday's surgery. Well that was until I had my yearly physical today. 

Tomorrow, I go for more testing. Specifically a mammogram and ultrasound. Mind you I just had a mammogram 8 months ago. But the doctor claims to feel something, so now I have something else to worry about. At this point, they really should be providing sedatives to me given the amount of anxiety all of this testing produces. To top it off, before leaving the doctor's office I got a tetanus shot. So now I can officially say that every part of me hurts. 

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