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

February 4, 2020

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 -- Mattie died 540 weeks ago today. 

Tonight's picture was taken on February 6, 2009. You will notice a cup and straw near Mattie. What was in it? Try a vanilla shake. Mattie had cravings for different things while on chemo, and the vanilla shake was a favorite. Since cancer left Mattie emaciated, I was thrilled for him to have the calories. But how about that colorful thing in front of Mattie. Well that was a volcano he made that day in the child life playroom. It wasn't only colorful, but we actually got to see a small eruption come from the mouth of the volcano. 

Quote of the day: The Centers for Disease Control says that there are 76 million cases of food poisoning in the United States every year, 350,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths. Is that a lot or a little? Well, it depends on how you look at it. Marion Nestle


Peter has been sick since Sunday night with food poisoning. Being ill like that is debilitating and he was also running a fever for two days. Slowly he is regaining his strength. 

Since it was 60 degrees in Washington, DC today, we took Sunny for a walk at Scott Run in McLean, VA. A park that Mattie used to love to explore!  
Sunny also went to get groomed today! So he looks VERY handsome. He wasn't particularly interested in getting his photo taken, but he complied. He was more focused on exploring the woods. 
This is a sight we passed many times with Mattie. Mattie loved it mainly because there were stepping stones to get from one side to the other. 
See the stepping stones with Peter and Sunny on the other side? Sunny refuses to walk on the stones, but instead goes right through the water! Needless to say, Sunny loved it and Peter was able to get out and get fresh air. 

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