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 12, 2021

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2004. Mattie was two years old and we took him to the National Arboretum. Around the visitor's center of the Arboretum is a koi pond. For a quarter you can purchase some fish food. This intrigued Mattie! He wanted to check it out, but he did not want to feed the fish himself. Makes sense to me, as he had no idea how these fish were going to react to the food or our presence. 






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

  • Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 32,808,521
  • Number of people who died from the virus: 583,558


I honestly do not know whether I am coming or going. I am swamped with chores, Foundation administrative work, focusing on applying for a grant, a licensure board meeting this week, and the list goes on! Not to mention paperwork for financing the house, about 50 pages of HOA regulations.... get the picture? I'm not sure there is ever a good time to buy a house, but during COVID and while planning a virtual fundraiser, makes it really NOT a good time. 

I am happy to report that the Walk thermometer reads $108,572 today!



Here are our top ten walk teams! 



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