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

June 24, 2019

Monday, June 24, 2019

Monday, June 24, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2002. Mattie was three months old. I had him propped up on the couch and as you can see he was desperately trying to focus his eyes on the trees and birds outside our window. To me this photo captured the beauty and innocence of Mattie. 


Quote of the day: But nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it. ~ Calla Quinn


The beauty of having Sunny and Indie in my life is that they are excellent company, keep me to a routine, and are true companions. This week Peter is on business travel so it is the animals and me. 

Peter and I have noticed a change in Sunny the last few months. Our vet calls him a senior, and I suppose he is headed in that direction. He needs a lot more breaks when we walk and a ton of water to combat this heat. I walked Sunny on the Washington Mall today and he loves stopping under the trees for water breaks. 
We are very lucky that within blocks of where we live we can walk to the National Mall and to most memorials and museums. 
Do you see the Great Blue Heron in the pond?
While my view is of Washington, DC, this was Peter's of Oklahoma. 
Peter went out to dinner tonight with several of his clients. He has had a long staying friendship with these women. They snapped this photo of him and I absolutely love how Peter is well coordinated with the backdrop!


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