{"id":10381,"date":"2017-04-11T23:32:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T23:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/?p=10381"},"modified":"2022-08-24T06:28:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T06:28:45","slug":"a-mother-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/a-mother-plea\/","title":{"rendered":"A mother’s plea"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Theresa Martinez
\nAshley’s mother
\nMADD drunk driving victim, advocate and volunteer<\/p>\n

Some days you never, ever forget.<\/p>\n

For me, one of those days is the one when my Ashley was born\u2026all five pounds of her\u2026 three weeks early \u2026 and practically on my bathroom floor.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s another day that has caused me to write to you today to ask you to donate to MADD.<\/p>\n

The crash<\/h2>\n

One day years later, a drunk and drugged driver who was twice the legal alcohol limit with cocaine in his system crashed into my beautiful 23-year-old daughter head on.<\/p>\n

My Ashley died of a severed brain stem; he suffered only a broken leg. And my life changed forever.<\/p>\n

But my story doesn\u2019t end there.<\/p>\n

Mothers Against Drunk Driving\u00ae changed my life once more by helping me fight for justice AND battle my way through grief. And, today, I ask you to once more change my life and the life of the nearly 300,000 people impacted by impaired driving every single year by making a gift.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"

As a victim of drunk driving, I can tell you this truth \u2013 I needed MADD then and need them still today. I need the hope offered. I need the proposed SOLUTIONS.<\/p>\n

Help me help others<\/h2>\n

Beside lifesaving emotional support, MADD gives me the opportunity to speak to offenders. I see it as a way to help them understand how their choices affect others.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also been on the forefront of fighting for laws that make our streets safer because I cannot stand the idea of others experiencing the devastation that I\u2019ve lived through.<\/p>\n

I will never \u201cget over\u201d the death of my daughter Ashley. But every day, you and I have the chance to create hope and healing. Thank you in advance for making your gift today.<\/p>\n

Ashley cannot be home for the holidays.<\/p>\n

I cannot change that.<\/p>\n

But we can help others make it to the table.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you in advance for your kind gift.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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