BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: In 2002, we aired a profile of the young, bestselling poet Mattie Stepanek and his mother Jeni. They both suffered from a rare form of muscular dystrophy. The messages of hope ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, an Easter story of faith and hope. Mattie Stepanek is the brilliant, wheelchair-bound Maryland boy with muscular dystrophy who has become a best-selling inspirational poet.

Speaking to students at Pangborn Elementary School Tuesday, Jeni Stepanek was in a wheelchair and needed a ventilator to breathe as she talked about bringing peace to the world and described the life ...

Their place is nearly empty now. The boxes are sealed, the walls blank. The photos have all come down -- framed snapshots of Mattie J.T. Stepanek with the stars he called friends: Oprah, Jimmy Carter, ...

Jeni Stepanek, the mother of young poet and peacemaker Mattie Stepanek, knew former President Jimmy Carter as few did — as a neighbor and friend. Carter died at the age of 100 on Sunday. Stepanek said ...

Jeni Stepanek sat at the front of a crowd of about 75 people in St. Francis Assisi Church in Derwood, Md., speech and microphone in hand. Behind her was a large photo of Mattie, her son who died at ...

As part of our latest American Hero story, CBS News Correspondent Tracy Smith reported on an extraordinary child, Mattie Stepanek, who has crammed more into 13 years on earth than most people will do ...

Good Morning America has a touching tribute to Mattie Stepanek, the Maryland boy poet who died from a rare form of muscular dystrophy at age 13, but inspired millions with his writings. Mattie, from ...