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

May 3, 2021

Monday, May 3, 2021

Monday, May 3, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2004. Mattie was two years old and Peter snapped this photo of Mattie and me together. Mattie loved touching cheek to cheek or nose to nose! A classic Mattie moment caught on camera. 




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

  • Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 32,463,649
  • Number of people who died from the virus: 577,464

Peter drove to Richmond at 6am today! He will be there for the next couple of days. Peter started a new job in November, yet never met his colleagues or boss face to face. Today was a first! I am so happy Peter got to interact live with people, as it is a different and better experience than a Zoom call. Peter described the meeting as first awkward. Not because of personality dynamics, but due to COVID. People were unsure how to interact, where to sit, etc!

For Peter this was the first time he really was in a group situation inside. Unlike myself! I have been interacting with people, hospitals, caregivers, airports, and airplanes all throughout COVID. That has its pluses and minuses, but since I skew anxious, this was actually helpful for me, because it forced me early on out of my comfort zone. Therefore, interacting safely became my norm. 

Our photo campaign is kicking off to a good start! I received a photo today of Mattie's buddy, Ellie, at Marin Headlands! 

Mattie Miracle's sunshine is shining over San Francisco. 

This is a photo of Kitty (my friend Margy's sister) at Disney World. Here's the story behind the visit to Florida! Kitty won Disney tickets from Mattie Miracle's raffle last year. So she took her husband, son, and grandson to Disney this week!
A photo of Dokken at the Prudential Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Dokken graduated from Mattie's school. 

As of today we have 42 states represented at our virtual walk. 
Today's thermometer reads $85,108! With 13 days until the Walk. 




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