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

August 6, 2021

Friday, August 6, 2021

Friday, August 6, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken in August of 2002. Mattie was four months old. Around a month before a friend of mine from college mailed me this large entertainment saucer. At first my reaction was WHAT?! I did not understand why something so large and busy was needed for such a little person. Don't worry I caught on quick! Mattie loved the ability to stand on his own, twirl around in the seat and of course make noise. 


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

  • Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 35,545,487
  • Number of people who died from the virus: 615,836


Another busy day on the "farm." We had a vanity delivered today for our powder room. The vanity in the photo is the one we gave away for free on Next Door. The catch was someone had to pick it up. It took four men to carry it out of our house, as it is close to 400 pounds. I am thrilled it is gone and we are replacing it with a white vanity. Thankfully Peter is handy and he is installing the sink himself. 

I have been to Bed Bath and Beyond three days in a row. I am trying to get things we will need for the house, which will make moving in a lot easier. Peter and I did a Lowe's run, and then we worked several hours at the house. That horrid wood stain and sealant smell may do me in! It is so bad that even laundry being done at the house smells like wood stain! 


Meanwhile, Sunny has been lying low all week. We followed the vet's advice and gave him his pain meds all week and cut down on physical activity. It paid off, he is definitely on the mend and I know he is looking forward to seeing the backyard this weekend!

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