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

June 25, 2021

Friday, June 25, 2021

Friday, June 25, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken in June of 2009. Believe it or not, Mattie was in a physical therapy session. To get Mattie to move his legs and build back strength, his therapist Anna, thought outside the box. She learned quickly that Mattie would engage with therapy if it involved a competition or unusual task. So shaving cream against a mirror fit the bill. 

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

  • Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 33,601,692
  • Number of people who died from the virus: 603,516


I told Peter no matter how busy we are, we have to take a few minutes each day and enjoy our backyard. As you can see Sunny hopped up on a lounge chair and made himself at home. It is remarkable how we are moving from an apartment to a house. It is our first house together, and I guess by waiting long enough, we are now at the place where we could purchase something that speaks to our desire to be close to nature. That was high on my MUST HAVE list. 


I am loving the fact that Sunny is so happy! He can spend hours checking out every bush, tree, and thing that moves! In our neck of the woods, wildlife is common to see. Really unheard of for this city girl!

We had more people over today, starting with an electrician, and there are LOTS of things to fix based on our home inspection. Though the previous owners claimed to have updated things, we are quickly learning that just was not true! In any case, we also had a radon test today as well as had our second painting quote. I can see having multiple quotes is important and keeps the competition on its toes. But the painting company today agreed with me, that the house hasn't been painted in over a decade, and boy does it show inside! I do not know how I missed this when touring the house. I chalk it up to COVID and how we had very limited time to spend in the house. It was the worst possible way to buy a house! Yet despite all of that, I do think with time and love, we will be able to restore this house back to the way it should be!





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