"It's been four years and I still set a place at the table on holidays. Not because I forgot. Because I refuse to let the world forget he existed. My son was more than a statistic — he was a universe."
Maria T. — Lost her son, age 19, to a drunk driver in 2022
"The hardest part isn't the anniversaries. It's the random Tuesday when a song comes on the radio and you realize the person who showed you that song will never hear anything new again. That's the grief nobody warns you about."
David R. — Lost his wife of 23 years in a drunk driving accident
"My daughter was three months old when her father was killed by a drunk driver. She'll never know his laugh. I keep his voicemails saved on a phone I never let die, so one day she can hear it. That's the closest thing to a hug I can give her from him."
Keisha W. — Single mother, survivor