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

April 9, 2020

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken on April 4, 2009. Mattie's 7th and last birthday. Mattie celebrated his big day in the hospital's child life playroom. His cancer buddy, Brandon, came to the hospital to spend the day with him. Mattie and Brandon were diagnosed around the same time, but after three months of treatment, Brandon went into remission. Nonetheless, Brandon returned back every couple of weeks to visit Mattie. Which was a big deal, since he lived over an hour away from the hospital. I love this photo as it still speaks to me about the power of friendship. 




Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins

  • number of people diagnosed with the virus: 456,828
  • number of people who died from the virus: 16,267



Sunny still remains very lethargic and looks to be in pain. He is on two different pain meds and the doctor's office called to check on him today. She feels he is doing okay, considering he had a big surgery Tuesday night. He is eating and drinking water, but is unable to walk on all fours yet. Typically Sunny wants to take walks, but he clearly knows he isn't up for it. 

We don't leave him for long, as we like to monitor him and make sure he isn't touching his stitches. But we did get outside for about an hour's walk. We would have continued our walk, but it was windy and beginning to rain. The sky in this photo says it all. 
Wind and rain while walking, seemed to capture the ominous world we are living in now. 
This afternoon, I was working in Mattie's room. Check out my colleague! Typically Indie stays with Peter, but today, she stuck close to me. She seems very aware of the fact that something is wrong with Sunny, and this is bothering her. 
Our boy getting some sun and fresh breezes later in the afternoon! Thank goodness for Sunny and Indie. As they keep us to a schedule and engaged with the world. 
A sunset from our living room window. 

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