Losing my dearest, loving daughter, Amanda, to gun violence has totally changed our lives. The way we want to go through life is totally different — the perspectives, nothing is the same, you go through ups and downs, every day is a challenge, you can get in a hole if you let yourself go, very easily. I thank God everyday that He has given my family strength to get up and overcome this awful pain, by spreading love and not hate, giving hugs has being a part of my healing process, helping the community, fighting for common gun sense. Just because my daughter is gone doesn’t mean that I would let her go and die in vain; no, that’s my strength, what drives me to go live day by day for her and for others Pulse victims and try to save people’s lives from this epidemic of gun violence.