Posts filed under: Mission Moment
A mother’s grief and loss, turns to a passion to end drunk driving. By: Ava Fontenot Lindsey My 25year old son Lindsey and his 21year old friend Raymond were killed by a drunk driver on July 2, 2010. Raymond...
Mission Moment “You are paralyzed . . . We don’t know if you will walk again.” I looked around the hospital room, confused, and blinked my eyes several times as I tried to grasp the words that were just...
To all the patrol officers, detectives, DUI task force officers… From Susie Spoolstra-Kelley Zachary Spoolstra’s “Momma” I first want to thank you for reading my story, and I want to thank you on behalf of my experience with all...
BRETT’S STORY: THE DAY THAT CHANGED OUR LIVES FOREVER By Chrissie Poarch (Aunt) My heart sank on Sunday morning, September 17, 2017, when my mother and I watched a Georgia State Patrol trooper and a coroner walk up our...
A LIFETIME OF REGRET By Steve Mason May 6, 2005 was a warm spring day in northeastern Indiana. Our 20-year-old son Chris had arrived home from college the night before, ready to enjoy a 3-day weekend at home. Prior...
A Mother’s Love By; Anne Kimmel and Lois Benjamin David and Sharree 20 minutes before their lives were taken. Thank you, officers, in advance. Thank you for your protection. Thank you for stopping every person you see driving erratically...
A GOD-Story: From Death To Life Patti Foster Character can be formed, crafted, and shaped in so many different ways… Helen Keller, through her life-long adversity, learned: Character is not developed in quiet and ease. Only through experience of...
“I came across another one of her motivational messages, this time in a photo taken of the palm of her hand, on which she had written: “Finish It.” That short message, which I now wear 24/7 on a bracelet on...
Jill C. Mason Sacramento, California On April 11, 2004, I was a 26-year-old triathlete, with a master’s degrees, and a career in marketing with an engineering firm in Mountain View, CA. While on a bike ride on Easter Sunday morning, my boyfriend Alan Liu and I...
“losing a child is an unspeakable pain” A father grieves the loss of his son on New Year’s Day 2017 By: Greg Estep Wise, Virginia At approximately 2:20am on January 1, 2017, my 21-year old son, Thomas Estep became...
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