This holiday season, as is sadly true every year, many parents spent their first Christmas without their children. Naturally the prayers of the nation remain with the parents of the young children killed in Newtown, Conn. But also the parents of Trayvon Martin were spending their first Christmas without their son.
Recently Sybrina Fulton spoke with ESSENCE.com about her first holidays without Trayvon, her wish for justice in 2013, and her thoughts about Newtown. Her comments included:
“Trayvon would have turned 18 this coming February and would have been graduating from high school. He had just turned 17 a few days before he was killed. I remember how much he was looking forward to senior picture day. I won’t ever get a chance see those moments; to see his high school graduation picture, his prom pictures, his wedding pictures. I won’t get that experience. It’s still difficult to swallow because Trayvon had his whole life ahead of him. Seventeen years just seems so short to me, but I do thank God for the time that he did give me with him.”
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