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

December 9, 2020

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2002. It was the first snow fall of the year. But even more importantly..... it was Mattie's first time seeing the snow. We got him dressed up in his Santa suit and we brought him out onto our deck to snap photos. As you can see Peter was introducing Mattie to a snowball. Look at Mattie's curiosity.... he was clearly laser focused on what was before him and to me his hands and fingers were like little radar scopes!


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

  • number of people diagnosed with the virus: 15,359,348
  • number of people who died from the virus: 288,716


This morning Sunny and I went for a walk on Roosevelt Island. When Sunny stops in his tracks, I know that usually means there is something to see! Of course when I first looked I saw nothing. But.....
On closer inspection, sure enough there was a deer! I could walk Sunny in our neighborhood, versus going to the Island. But frankly, I am not happy with the safety or lack there of around me. Which is a sad commentary, because we did live in one of the best parts of DC for the longest time. But with shut downs and prolonged lock downs, this impacts the health and welfare of our city. So to me it is safer walking on the Island, maintained by the US National Park Service. 
Though I have a ton to do before I head back out to Los Angeles again next week, when friends ask for help, I make time. Today, I put together six flower arrangements for a friend. I always joke, what a florist will charge you for one arrangement, I can do six for the same price. 
I want these arrangements to last through Christmas. So I strategically picked evergreens and carnations. Hearty flowers!
In the flower section of the store I also found spray painted branches in red and some other glitzy items to jazz up the arrangements. 
I enjoy flower arranging and creating. So to me this is therapeutic. 
If you couldn't tell, I was trying to go with a candy cane colored theme!


2 comments:

Cheryl said...

These look just beautiful!! I love to do flower arranging too, but I didn't discover my love for this till I did all the flowers for my daughters' weddings. We have a wholesale florist in St. Louis where I'd go and walk through all the coolers and get such amazing flowers to play with--I miss this and when the whole virus thing is over, I'm going back to the place and get some flowers for me!

Cheryl said...

These look just beautiful!! I love to do flower arranging too, but I didn't discover my love for this till I did all the flowers for my daughters' weddings. We have a wholesale florist in St. Louis where I'd go and walk through all the coolers and get such amazing flowers to play with--I miss this and when the whole virus thing is over, I'm going back to the place and get some flowers for me!

Cheryl Wood