{"id":119,"date":"2004-06-23T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2004-06-23T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fourchinnigan.com\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2004-06-23T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2004-06-23T21:40:00","slug":"mattie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fourchinnigan.com\/blog\/?p=119","title":{"rendered":"Mattie"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not one to post sappy stuff so you should take this seriously:<\/p>\n

I worked at an ABC affiliate for two years. After we wrapped our morning show, Good Morning America<\/i> would follow. Thus, I would often see a lot of episodes of that program. During those two years, they spoke with a boy named Mattie Stepanek multiple times. He was a little kid who despite having muscular dystrophy and having lost all three of his siblings to the disease had a very positive outlook on life. He wrote poetry books and worked with organizations to try to bring peace to the world. He died yesterday.<\/p>\n

I think everyone could learn a lot from this child’s short life.<\/p>\n

here<\/a> is a news story for those interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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