Mattie Miracle Walk 2023 was a $131,249 success!

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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, 2021

Friday, April 9, 2021

Friday, April 9, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken on Easter of 2006. Mattie was four years old! We took Mattie to brunch at Clyde's, never realizing that the Easter Bunny would be visiting the tables. When the Bunny came over to visit us, Mattie was scared. I explained this was a friendly bunny who wanted to wish him a Happy Easter. With that, Mattie smiled and greeted the bunny!


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

  • Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 31,080,839
  • Number of people who died from the virus: 561,038

The waterproof clock and timer arrived today. I installed it on the glass wall of the shower. I believe this will help my dad keep track of his time in the shower. As I will have the caregiver set a timer each morning, so my dad can have direct feedback for the amount of time he is spending in the shower. 
A close up of the timer. We shall see how it works tomorrow. 

I think it is ironic that I don't live in Los Angeles, yet I know the people who work at my parent's supermarket and all the management and wait staff at their local restaurant. All these folks are just lovely, very customer friendly, and truly go out of their way to look after all of us. Their kindness is so appreciated, because the daily routine here is wearing. 

Perhaps I find it extremely wearing this time around because day in and day out, I am dealing with a cluster headache. The pain is debilitating and excruciating. The funny part is just as quickly as the headache comes one, on day it will just dissipate and disappear. Until the next one comes on, typically months later. Actually I can have years without a cluster headache. So they aren't something I get all the time like migraines. Thankfully, because the pain can make me NUTS!

1 comment:

Cheryl said...

The timer looks like a great idea! I hope it helps shorten your dad's showers.

I sure hope your headaches disappear soon. I have never experienced that kind of pain for that long, and I am amazed you get so much accomplished while in this kind of pain. All the food you've been cooking for your folks looks amazing!

Thinking of you and Peter!

Cheryl