The amazing Kate Casey.

Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with Kate Casey, and welcome back for this Saturday series episode.

My guest today is Danny Moran, a passionate safety advocate, child passenger safety technician, and someone whose life was transformed by unimaginable loss.

Her story is one of deep grief turned into powerful purpose. Her son Deacon was just 18 months old when he died in October

2016 after a tragic incident at his daycare in Fontana, California. The item at the center of

that loss was a Baltic amber teething necklace,

given to her son as a gift and purchased online. That necklace, which was claiming to be natural

and safe for your baby, instead tightened around his neck and strangled him while he napped.

Danny shares the intimate details of that day, October 5th, 2016, drop off at a daycare,

a gut feeling that something wasn't right, seeing fire trucks outside the facility,

then the hospital and the devastating diagnosis that her son had no brain activity

and was being kept on life support only to allow for organ donation.

From this dark place, Danny made a decision. The pain alone was not enough. Instead of being

defined by tragedy, she chose to let her son's memory fuel a mission. She has since dedicated

herself to raising awareness of baby product safety, teething necklace

wrists, childcare oversight, and helping other parents make safer choices.

She says that grief, although overwhelming, can become a kind of compass pointing to purpose.

So in this conversation, we explore not only the heartbreaking loss that she endured,

but more importantly, how she transformed it, how someone mourns what could never be undone,

yet still finds a way to do something good, something meaningful, something life-affirming.

So whether you're a parent or a caregiver or simply someone looking to

turn your own pain into progress, I think that her story offers insight, courage, and hope.

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