The past week has been really tough, John.

Thanksgiving was one of my sweet little Daniel's favorite holidays. He used to run out onto the driveway, barefoot on the cold pavement, to give his cousins a big hug. He loved his family more than anything.

When I woke up on Thanksgiving Day, I silently hoped that Daniel was still alive. I thought to myself, "Please tell me that Daniel is still in his room down the hall."

Every single morning, I have to reacquaint myself with the horrible reality that he is never coming back. It leaves me breathless.

And in just 11 days, we'll mark seven years since Daniel was murdered. I don't want any other parent to feel this unrelenting pain, so I've been working as hard as I can to expand our programs to protect more children from gun violence.

Right now, that means making sure we reach our Giving Tuesday match goal before midnight – and with eight hours to go, we're still $314,442 short. I hope you'll join me in honoring Daniel's too-short life by helping us protect children like him from gun violence: Can I count on you to donate right now?

Please, before midnight, donate $10, or as much as you can, to Sandy Hook Promise to double your impact this Giving Tuesday and help protect more children from gun violence.

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I look at his empty chair at the kitchen table, and I still can't wrap my head around the fact that he's really gone forever – that he's almost been gone longer than he was here with us.

I won't ever heal or move on from the agony of Daniel's death, but I'm so thankful that you're helping me honor and carry on his legacy.

Mark Barden (Daniel's father)



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