She and her husband divorced, so her focus became being a single mom. JENI STEPANEK: So even though you grieve the loss of your child, when there’s still another living child, not that the grief ...

Jeni Stepanek is leaving the Rockville ... Jeni is estranged from her parents and won't speak of her ex-husband. Sandy provided the family Jeni couldn't have. Which is why Sandy bought the ...

Jeni Stepanek, aka “Mama Peace,” photographed at the Rockville park dedicated to her son Mattie. Now 58, she outlived her four children, all of whom had a devastating condition similar to muscular ...

Jeni Stepanek is leaving the Rockville condo purchased ... Jeni is estranged from her parents and won't speak of her ex-husband. Sandy provided the family Jeni couldn't have.

Amid the former presidents, members of Congress, lobbyists, princes and prime ministers at Jimmy Carter’s funeral sat a woman in a wheelchair. Behind her was the ventilator she needs to survive ...

BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) It’s standing room only at the Borders bookstore here, where Jeni Stepanek is talking about her new book, “Messenger.” The book is about her son Mattie, the New York ...

Mattie Stepanek, who had a rare form of muscular dystrophy, died when he was 13. At a Peace Day celebration today in Rockville, Maryland, Mattie T. J. Stepanek was remembered. The memory of the ...