Howdy Everyone,
A.J. here.
Matt and Rachel have been all over the local media for the past few days to promote The Liz Logelin Foundation and our 5K and Gala events
Rachel was on WCCO yesterday to talk a little about the foundation and our upcoming events. Check it out!
Matt was interviewed on Twin Cities Live this afternoon. He talks a bit about his blog, the foundation, and there is a special appearance by Maddy!
Here’s the video:
Matt was also on Kare11′s EXTRA segment, first airing yesterday. From their site:
Over the last 18 months Matt’s blog has become, literally, famous. More than a million people hang on his every word. A book is now in the works.
The life he leads with Maddy has become so inspiring a foundation was formed to help people just like them.
The Liz Logelin Foundation works to grant money to men and women who lose their partner to death, and are left to parent alone.
The video segment up on their website, and it airs again this evening at 6:30pm.
Finally,
We just got some news from Becky about the fund-raising totals for the 5K.
You raised over $9,000 for the foundation today.
We are overwhelmed by your hard work and generosity.
Thank you.
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God bless you Matt and Maddy.
9K for a 5K is so awesome!! so glad to have been there today! beautiful weather, great people and a wonderful cause. what a great way to spend a saturday!
LOVED this interview! Hope the 5K was awesome!
Matt,
It was very fun to meet you and other creeps today. I have not seen the newest interview but I loved the KARE 11 spot. I could not believe how much Maddie looked like Liz at the same age. The walk was so much fun! It was a beautiful day. The totals from today are amazing! I will be thinking of you all at the gala tomorrow.
FABULOUS! Great job in the interview, Matt!
Rockin!!! That’s awesome!!!
Awesome! I want shoes with guitars on them!
Matt,
Great interview, Maddy was a good girl! A darling!
She’s beautiful and obviously loves her Daddy very much!
Sweet to see
caught you on Fox this morning …yay!
The interview was great. I love it that you love dressing her up!! Hope you have wonderful 5k and Gala looking foward to pics!
Looking good (both of you!) And look at that beard grow!
Watching Matt on the news programs has been awesome. Way to go Matt – you are now a pro. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the gala tomorrow night.
Thank you for working so hard to make something good out of something tragic.
I was stunned to see the photo of Liz when she was a toddler! The resemblance is insane!
I also can’t believe how laid back you are. I would be freaking out and tripping over my tongue constantly. So basically- good job.
And I hope the 5k was awesome.
great interview! good luck with the whole weekend!
I love the interview. It was great! Maddy is adorable. You are both so amazing. You have so much good to share with this world. I wish I could be more supportive of your cause. Hopefully someday I will be able to attend one of your events.
Wow! Congratulations on 9K !! Lots of hard work and many willing hearts for sure! The interviews were great and I felt like I was right there with you. From the beginning, what I have known and loved about you, Matt, is that you are “WYSIWYG” all the time. Completely genuine.
Maddy is simply charming and sweet. She seems to understand when to be outgoing and when to just smile and be herself – cute as a button. You are a total team. I am really pleased for you and admire how you handle it all. What a great way to end this week!
I come to your site often but don’t comment much, I guess because you get so many I wonder if you would even read mine. Today I have to comment, I watched the interview and just think the world of you even more!!! You are a wonderful person, doing a fantastic job with Maddy! She is the most beautiful little girl!
Gosh, I don’t even know what else to say, I’m just in tears over watching that interview!
Kelley in Texas
http://tutusandchoochoos.blogspot.com
What a wonderful interview! You truly are doing a wonderful thing Matt. Keep it up!
Here was my take on the days events…
http://iammommy.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/cookies-for-liz-part-deux.html
Hey… GREAT job on Twin Cities Live.
God bless-
Amanda
(the cookie lady)
well, you can add “14 year old brazilian girl” to your list of international, weird fans. you’re an inspiration, Matt. you and Maddy changed the way I look at things, and for that I’ll always be incredibly grateful.
and I still can’t get past the awesomeness of your daughter and the way you dress her.
you’re a great dad.
So Awesome! I cant believe how much Maddy looks like Liz as a Baby! Unbelievable!! Beautiful!
You are amazing. Thank you for all that you do to help others!
You rocked that interview!! Maddy is gorgeous and you can just see the love she has for her daddy all over her adorable face.
Fantastic interview. Maddy looked very cute in her vintage dress. I hope you have a crazy awesome time at the gala tomorrow night! 9k IS FABULOUS to boot!!
I loved the interview! Maddy is so sweet and and gorgeous! You’re love for her and Liz is so obvious and touching.
Awesome interview!
Oh. My. Word on the $9k!!! That’s so amazing and so awesome. Liz is so very proud!
LOVE IT MATT! Wish I could have been there, shit you guys are in MN and I missed you again. I will catch you both one day. CONGRATS!!!
I am blown away every time I hear your story in your own words. Way to go Matt!
Matt you are amazing. What you are doing is so great. My dad passed away when I was 13 and my sister was 8- leaving my mom to be a single parent. I know how important the work is that you are doing within the Liz Logelin Foundation. Take care. Maddy is lucky to have such a wonderful father.
Well done Matt! Maddy looked so adorable! Hope you had a great walk today.
Matt,
Wish I could have been at the Minneapolis walk but strolled thru the garden of awesome today in Redding, CA. I walked a public trail and thought I would be alone but was followed by a cat who was sitting near the beginning of the trail. Thought I would share that with you. Congrats on raising so much for such an awesome foundation!
Matt, great job on the interview! Matt you dress Maddy perfectly according to my 16 year old daughter!
I came here via a Kare 11 link, and wanted to let you know how much I love your blog.
Inspirational, and uplifting!
Thank you for sharing your story.
Blessings,
Katie @ Creole Wisdom
Matt, you are AWESOME!!! What a great interview and Maddy is a doll. Her outfit was pretty cute too! Way too go!
Fantastic interview. Maddy did so well, which kind of surprised me yet .. not.
I know you had to have had an amazing and yet bittersweet day today. I wish I lived in the MN, though this gives me an itch to arrange a walk in Portland, Oregon (or would that be the OR? LOL) next year.
You’re what I’d call Super Dad, you inspire me to hang on and keep fighting even when my fight gets hard. I’m so glad I found your blog
Loved seeing the interviews, Matt. I really like the beard at this length!
I was just stunned at the picture of Liz as a toddler. It blows me away how much Maddy looks like her.
Sounds like the events have gone well this weekend. You, Maddy and Liz are never far from my thoughts – bizarre given that I’ll probably never meet you. Just goes to show how much you have touched so many lives, across the globe.
Hey Matt, Hi from Australia. What a wonderfully proud dad you are!! Loving the blog & can’t wait for your book. You are inspirational, even to us mums !
I loved both t.v. spots! Maddy is growing so much, as is your beard! Yay! I am so excited that you guys raised so much at the 5k. Wish I could have been there to participate! You guys are so inspirational! Hugs to you both!!!
All I can say is: Excellent!!!
That was really fun to watch! Fun to see Maddy.
BEAUTIFUL MATT!!! Hugs to both of you. Congratulations on the money raised for Liz’s foundation. I’m sure she is so proud!!
Matt – enjoyed meeting you and Maddy today! As I was walking, an older couple were coming from the opposite direction and kind of staring at the T-shirts. They paused near me and the woman said, “They’re raising money for some garden.” It made me chuckle–how true! She just didn’t know it was the garden of awesome.
LOVED the KARE 11 interview–great job!
Oops–I meant “yesterday.”
Wow–similar to Kelley even though I read everyday I was just blown away (again) by your words and story today. Those interviews just took my breath away for reasons that I cannot even articulate. You were wonderful! Your story continues to be so so inspiring. How beautiful are you and your little girl.
Thanks for posting the video, I really enjoyed watching it.
Maddy was so cute! I loved that little laugh she did lol
Awesome interview Matt! So Happy the weather was wonderful for the 5K here in the MN!
Matt,
Just watched the clip of you on Twin Cities Live. Great interview! I wanted you let you know that I check your blog everyday and I definitely don’t do it in hopes to see that you’ve failed. Just the opposite, I check to see how great you’re doing and to cheer you on! There is never a time I’ve read your blog that I don’t leave with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face. Keep up the good work Matt!
how amazing to have raised to much $$!
you have a million reasons to be proud, i imagine liz would agree as well.
you and maddy have an exciting future ahead!
i’m a MN gal….love following your blog/life/story.
matt you are a wonderful father and you have a great fashion sense for your little punkin
maddy is so very adorable!
look forward to continuing to follow and would love to read a book, if it comes to that!!
enjoy all the little moments, she is growing so fast.
Loved all the interviews. God bless you! You rock!
i really miss the stream at the top of the page of your recent uploads to flickr! i know you have a link to the flickr photos, but it was nice seeing the recent additions right away. just sayin……
You guys look great! You sure have come a long way. We’re all proud of you and so is Liz.
I always thought that Maddy looked just like her mom when I see the picture of Liz as an adult. But now that I saw the baby picture of liz, i just can say that Maddy is totally a copy of her mom. 2 precious ladies
Look at her reach for you in that interview!!!!! Such LOVE there.
Inspiration in spades from this post, Matt. That’s all I can say.
Thinking of you and Maddy this weekend and wishing I could be in the MN to be part of it all. You are truly amazing, Matt! Thanks again for sharing your story with us on here…and with all the people you’ve touched in so many ways. You are such an inspiration. The picture of Liz as a baby is amazing and beautiful. God bless you and Maddy!
okay..ive totally been pronouncing your name wrong.
matt,
you did such a great job in that interview and as always, maddie looked amazing! great outfit dad!! hope the event went well and hope that you had a good time with your little lady. life is ever moving and changing…may you enjoy the ride despite the absence of your other “partner in crime.” you are doing a wonderful job of raising that girl…i am sure liz is looking down on you with her famous smile. you are doing amazing things and they will only go on to impact more and more lives. amazing i tell you, amazing!!
looking forward to more adventures from you!
Matt,
Do you know this dad? http://webmail.aol.com/28198/aol/en-us/Suite.aspx
I hope he has found you and/or your blog. I think it would really help him. He has a very similar story as you and has two other children!
great interview and outfit for Maddy to
I think Liz would be so proud of you and Maddy
Hope the walk and gala went well for you and cant wait to see the pictures.
Matt & Maddy = pure awesomeness.
Luv the dress btw!
awesome to see you both!! hope the events this past weekend went great!
God Bless you, Maddy and Liz!! What an awesome job you are doing with Maddy. Liz is so proud of you I know. Loved the video/interview! Y’all are always in my thoughts.
~Courtney, GA
Matt, keep up the good work, and you are doing an awesome job. I used to think maddy looked so much like Liz, but now without the beard, I am seeing you in her.
I loved the video! Great job, Matt and Maddy. You guys are doing great things!
This personally is my favorite interview of you!! Great Job:) and with the beard trimmed you look nothing like a common street criminal!! lol Congratulations and Good Luck on all the exciting changes and the big trip you’ll be taking..
(I thought i’d post on AJ’s post since not many people were sharing the love with him;-) poor poor AJ
Another Brazilian “friend” of yours.
Awesome interview. I loved Maddy’s expression when she saw you. Lovely “crime partners you 2″.
I miss flickr daily photos. Will they come back?
Fabulous!!! You and Maddy are awesome! What a great interview!
I have been a lurker and find inspiration in your drive to keep your wife’s memories alive! Your daughter is adorable and I love watching her grow! It’s tough reading your blog and seeing your struggle without your beautiful wife, but hearing the video was REALLY tough! Tears are streaming down my eyes! Good luck with everything and I will continue to follow you! You’re a great father!!!
Great interview, loved how Maddy reacted to seeing you! I, and like many others, do not follow you expecting you to fail, that is the last thing that crosses my mind when I read the latest entry. You are doing a wonderful job, hope the Walk and Gala had a great turn out! Keep up the great work
Great interview1! I thought you might check out this website bandssullivan.blogspot.com. The mother died a few days after the baby was born leaving the father in the same position as you. He would certainly benefit from your knowledge.
You are truly remarkable! I’ve been following your blog since Maddy was born…and really when I see what you’ve gone through and where you’re at, its very much inspiring.
Maddy is SO adorable!!!Great interview!