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 13, 2022

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Tonight's picture was taken on February 6, 2009. This photo was from a series of photos Mattie's art therapist took of us that day. Mattie surprised me with a box full of handmade Valentine's day cards and creations. Including the crown of hearts on my head. Mattie was very proud of his accomplishments, which he worked on for hours that day, and was eager to show me each and every one. 

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

  • Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 77,735,068
  • Number of people who died from the virus: 919,640


After the usual routine, Peter and I went back at it in the basement today. I would say it is getting better, but to me it still looks like a warehouse of boxes and things. It is truly a feat to work our way through this. In addition to processing through items, we also worked on getting our guest room ready for my lifetime friend, Karen, who is coming to visit at the end of the month. I had bits and pieces of this bed all over the place, and finally got it together today. Of course don't ask me what the movers did with the bed skirt to this linen set. I can't find it anywhere!

After giving up in the basement, we then started to place pictures and art work around the house to eventually go up on walls. It is ironic how art pieces we had in our home in DC do not exactly go here. Mainly because of size, as the walls in the house are so much larger. Then of course I am trying to blend our things with my parents. So frankly after hours of working, I feel like I did not get too far. Nothing got hung on the walls today, after all of this. 

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