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

July 20, 2020

Monday, July 20, 2020

Monday, July 20, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2006. Mattie was four years old and we took him to a park that weekend to walk around. Typically parents share things they like to do with their children. With me it was the other way around. Mattie loved being outside. He seemed happier, calmer, and engaged when in nature. So since it worked for him, I learned to adapt. 


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

  • number of people diagnosed with the virus: 3,808,104
  • number of people who died from the virus: 140,828


Check out who I found in the kitchen this morning, basking in the sunshine! That's right, Miss Indie!
Our typical outing for the day is taking Sunny for a walk. Because of the intense heat, we are driving to a park and then walking. Today we went back to Roosevelt Island. There were few walkers about, which explains why the deer were everywhere. I can't tell you how many baby deer we saw! They looked just like Bambi with the spots. 
Do you see these two deer looking at me?! Of course if Sunny was not on a leash, he would have been chasing deer all afternoon!
The boys running on the path. Sunny is in his element in the woods and he gives us a great excuse to get outside and face the world. 

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