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

October 27, 2019

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken on Halloween of 2003. Mattie was a year and a half old and was beginning to understand that Halloween wasn't like any regular day. Mattie and I picked out his costume, and I knew sticking with a sweat suit material would be perfect for Mattie. As Mattie did not like materials that were itchy or scratchy and he especially did not like things that would confine his head. Unlike me, Mattie did not like candy. Especially chocolate. When he got older, he would go trick or treating but he did it for the social experience NOT for the candy. Typically he would give his candy to others. 

Quote of the day: Disappointment is just the action of your brain readjusting itself to reality after discovering things are not the way you thought they were. ~ Brad Warner


Peter had the fortunate opportunity to be invited to the World Series game last night between the Nats and Astros. Unfortunately the Nats lost, but Peter had a great time and is getting to know some of the season ticket holders around where our friend has his seats. From what I understand, Peter's voice was captured on ESPN, because he was screaming that loud. With every Nats batter, Peter would scream, "I believe." I wish I could have found this coverage on the internet. 

When we woke up this morning, the weather was horrible. Torrential rain and damp. However, by noon the sun came out and believe it or not, it was 80 degrees in Washington, DC today. It was a glorious day, and we walked Sunny around the National Mall. 
The signs of Fall are all around us, especially when you see a sea of fallen leaves. 












Sunny loves going to the National Mall, because there are a ton of squirrels who reside there. He was so excited, that we couldn't get him to look at me for a photo. 
Meanwhile, we are all sitting outside on our balcony this evening. It is such a glorious day, that I am typing the blog outside and Sunny is catching the breezes. It was the kind of weather day you wish you could bottle, and that everyday could be just like this!

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