Mattie stepanek poems
Jeni stepanek husband
Greg stepanek...
They say there may be angels among us. If that is so, then Mattie Stepanek surely was one. The 13 year old child poet who lost his battle with muscular dystrophy on June 23.
Mattie stepanek motherHad a love of life that he wanted to share with the world.
On June 23, 2004, Mattie Stepanek, the child poet whose inspirational verse made him a best-selling writer and a prominent voice for muscular dystrophy sufferers, died Tuesday of a rare form of the disease.
He was 13.
In his short life, the tireless Stepanek wrote five volumes of poetry that sold millions of copies. Three of the volumes reached the New York Times' best-seller list.
What did mattie stepanek died from
"Mattie was something special, something very special," entertainer Jerry Lewis, who chairs the Muscular Dystrophy Association, said in a statement. "His example made people want to reach for the best within themselves."
His mother, Jeni, 44, has the adult-onset form of the disease, and his three older siblings died of it in early childhood.
Mattie