I'm constantly retracing my last moments with Daniel, John.

I have these very vivid memories of that morning, and they can creep into my consciousness and completely level me if I'm not aware – like the last photo I took with my sweet little Daniel on the morning he was murdered.

Daniel noticed that the lights from our Christmas tree were reflecting in the window and dotting this beautiful orange and pink sunrise outside. So we took a picture of it.

I will spend every minute of my life wishing I had taken a picture of Daniel that morning, too.

Sometimes I go back and zoom in on that photo, running my hands across the screen, searching desperately for a reflection of Daniel's face in the window. But I never find one.

Every minute that passes now puts me one minute further away from my life with Daniel, and the gulf keeps getting bigger. It's an unbearable thought, but I can't get it off my mind. The best thing I can do is to honor Daniel by working as hard as I possibly can to spare other families from experiencing this searing pain.

But we can't expand our programs to protect more children like Daniel from gun violence in 2020 without resources – and with less than 16 hours until our deadline, we're still very short of our year-end match goal. So please, will you help us secure every dollar of this generous match by making a tax-deductible donation now?

Please donate $10, or as much as you can, to Sandy Hook Promise before midnight. Every dollar you give will be doubled to protect children like my Daniel – but only through midnight tonight.

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As much as I try not to, I can't help but retrace my final days with Daniel – and I don't want any other parent to feel that constant agony. That's why reaching this goal is so important: I know that every shooting we prevent spares another family from experiencing the nightmare of losing a child to gun violence.

Thank you for helping us do that, and for helping honor Daniel's too-short life.

Mark Barden (Daniel's father)



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