Mattie Miracle 15th Anniversary Video

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 15, 2020

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2009. This was a photo of Mattie with Meg, his child life intern. When it came to getting Mattie up on his feet to participate in physical therapy, we called on Meg. Meg became Mattie's opponent. They would have races around the floor, in hopes of egging him on to walk and take steps. Meg was great at hamming it up, and Mattie thrived on the competition. Of course you know that Meg always let Mattie win, which was part of the fun and further inspired Mattie to participate. 

Quote of the day: All licensed nightclubs have been ordered to shut down operations, and all eating and drinking establishments are to eliminate bar seating while the city works to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Following up an advisory announced Friday that limited all gatherings to 250 people or less, the new guidelines include:
  • Suspending all bar seating and service to standing patrons
  • Limiting all individual tables to six people or less
  • Mandating that all tables and booths be spaced at least 6 feet apart.
The city announced six new positive cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the D.C. total to 16. ~ The Washington DC update



It seems like the safest activity one can do is to be outside and walk. So today we went back to Great Fall Park and bought a one year's pass to all the National Parks. The side I am standing on is in Virginia and across the water, the other side of Great Falls is in Maryland.







We snapped a photo of the Maryland side from where we were. I don't know if you can see the people sitting on the rocks. We shared our hellos from across the water. 


















Sunny loves Great Falls! He is always up for an adventure and gets a lot of attention from the other walkers. 



















Peter and Sunny. 

The sky was ominous today. It seemed to match how we are all feeling regarding how our daily lives and freedoms are rapidly changing. 













The three articles below caught my attention today! Slowly state by state, we are seeing schools closed, people working from home, and now restaurants and other activities closing down for a month. Totally unheard of in American history. 


California, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington close bars and restaurants in effort to slow coronavirus:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/15/coronavirus-bars-restaurants-closed-states/5055634002/

Coronavirus: Gov. Newsom orders all bars closed; Californians over 65 should self-isolate at home:

https://www.sbsun.com/2020/03/15/gov-newsom-orders-all-bars-to-close-californians-65-or-older-must-isolate-in-homes/

129 Photos depicting how the virus is changing our way of life:

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/world/2020/01/22/deadly-coronavirus-spreading-across-china-reaches-u-s/4536705002/

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