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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

January 23, 2023

Monday, January 23, 2023

Monday, January 23, 2023

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2002. Mattie was a month old and we were sitting outside on the deck together. Frankly back then I did not know if I was coming or going. I was recovering from a c-section, Mattie was up at all hours, and mood wise, I wasn't myself. 



Quote of the day: You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ~ Jane Goodall


At noon, I took my mom to the mall. Though I am not a Neiman Marcus fan, I do like their cafĂ©. Since my dad was at his memory care center and we had nothing scheduled for today, I knew my mom would appreciate getting out. I snapped this photo because this is the look featured in the men's department. All I know is I couldn't see this outfit on Peter or any of the men I know! 
This table of jeans was also on display in the men's department. I picked up a pair because I couldn't imagine someone purchasing jeans with rips and paint on them! Try a price tag of $400! Truly I could create the same look for someone for under $50!
Later today Peter and I took Sunny for a walk in the woods. Sunny is on anti-inflammatories now because he has arthritis in the hind legs. I am sure being on chemo isn't helping this process either. I noticed once again that Sunny is urinating blood. So I did contact the doctor and await next steps. I am sure Sunny will need another urine culture, and the goal is to keep his urinary tract infections (as a result of cancer) to a minimum. 
Along our woods walk, we saw four deer! 
The deer are so used to people in our woods, that for the most part they don't even move! Sunny of course would have been chasing them if Peter wasn't holding him back on the leash. 
Can you see the puffed out red tailed hawk? He was a huge bird just sitting in the trees. I love our woods walks and this is the one benefit of moving from the city. We can now easily access greenery without getting into a car. 



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