You're listening to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, episode number one.

Because there is so much more goodness than there is evil.

And that truly is something that I have seen since my daughter's death.

Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, stories of Vibrant Women Living Happy Lives. And now your host, Jen Rideh.

Hi there. Welcome to Vibrant Happy Women. I'm happy to introduce my guest today, Alyssa Parker.

Alyssa is the mother of Emily Parker,

who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. She lives in Washington State with her husband, Robbie, and daughters Madeline and Samantha, and she blogs about their family's

journey through the grieving process after Emily's death at the Parker 5.com.

Alyssa founded the Emily Parker Art Connection, a non-profit donating 100% of proceeds to support community art programs.

She also co-founded Safe and Sound Schools, which has had a profound impact on hundreds of communities

and thousands of children across the country. Alyssa is currently writing a book called

An Unseen Angel about her family's spiritual journey of learning to cope with loss.

Alyssa, welcome. Thank you. So I've given our listeners a broad outline of who you are take a moment and

fill in any gaps in that bio I think you covered all that but you know it's funny hearing it

because I still just consider myself you know just this simple stay-at-home mom and

and that's what I feel good with. That's who I am.

Yeah. Why didn't I have that in there? You are a stay-at-home mom. No, no, no. But that's how I look at

myself. That's who I am. And so. Right. Alyssa, on Vibrate Happy Women, we start our show with a

personal motto or a favorite quote from our guest.

We would love to hear what you have to share with us today.

Well, I would say that my motto was given to me at a very young age for my mother.

My mom, I have a very good relationship with my mom, really close.

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