There had to be something we can do. For a year she met with metallurgists, engravers, engineers and landscapers. They could prove an option to roadside shrines that have popped up repeatedly over the years at sites of fatal traffic accidents and other death sites. Last week, the city of Livonia resolved the issue of a roadside memorial in that city where a teen-ager died in November. It's a true healing process because you're giving back to the earth.
People find real strength in planting a tree.
Writer Sheri Hall contributed to this report.