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

February 26, 2022

Saturday, February 26, 2022

Saturday, February 26, 2022

Tonight's picture was taken in February of 2009. This was classic Mattie.... multi-tasking. Mattie was eating, drinking and building with sticks and his glue gun. Though we were living in a hospital room, there was always creativity coming from Mattie. His creations always filled the room and decorated the walls and ceilings. 


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

  • Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 78,929,832
  • Number of people who died from the virus: 948,200


I walked 5 miles today while in the house! It is like having a built in exercise routine, with the multitude of tasks that I do each day! I rarely sit still, sometimes I feel frenetic, and of course when and if I do sit down, I can fall asleep. 

For the past four days, my lifetime friend (Karen) has been visiting from NYC. This was the first time she saw our house and of course got to see first hand what I am reporting on the blog. It isn't easy being a part of our daily routine, but Karen managed through it and livened up our week. 

After Karen left today, I have sat down to process Foundation checks, return emails, and get my thoughts together as next week I really have to focus on preparing for the Foundation's virtual walk. 

But I am proud to report that Susan, a local high school sophomore, held a successful skating fundraiser for us last night. She raised over $1,500 for Mattie Miracle. Way to go Susan!



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