Mattie's Blog... When Tragedy Inspires Hope

This is a story of a young boy who lost his life to a 14 month battle with childhood cancer, and the subsequent grief that his mom lives with since his death

September 17, 2025

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025 Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2006. Mattie was four years old. Where ever I was, Mattie wasn...
September 16, 2025

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025 -- Mattie died 812 weeks ago today. Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2005. Mattie was three years...
September 15, 2025

Monday, September 15, 2025

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Monday, September 15, 2025 Tonight's picture was taken in August of 2007. That week my parents and I took Mattie to San Diego. We were s...
September 14, 2025

Sunday, September 14, 2025

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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2007. Mattie went out often on the Potomac River and was learning...
September 13, 2025

Saturday, September 13, 2025

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Saturday, September 13, 2025 Tonight's picture was taken in August of 2007. Mattie was five years old and we were visiting my parents in...
September 12, 2025

Friday, September 12, 2025

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Friday, September 12, 2025 Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2008. Mattie was in his second month of treatment. As you can see...
September 11, 2025

Thursday, September 11, 2025

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Thursday, September 11, 2025 Tonight's picture was taken in August of 2009. By this point we knew that Mattie's cancer diagnosis was...
September 10, 2025

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

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Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Tonight's picture was taken in August of 2009. By that point, we knew that Mattie's cancer diagnosis w...
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September 9, 2025

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025 -- Mattie died 811 weeks ago today. This is a hand print of Mattie's. This print was made out of model magic ...
September 8, 2025

Monday, September 8, 2025

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Monday, September 8, 2025 -- Mattie died 16 years ago today.  Tonight's picture was taken in October of 2007. To me this is the quintess...
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