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'Landyn's Legacy' helps heal a mother's grief, educates community about securing firearms

4-year-old boy's life is remembered at vigil

Travyana Wilkerson, whose 4-year-old son Landyn was killed with an unsecured firearm, walks into the center of last Sunday evening’s candlelight vigil to remember Landyn and all children lost to tragedy. - photo by BRANTLEY SIMMONS

Landon Wilkerson — Travyana Wilkerson, whose 4-year-old son Landyn was killed with an unsecured firearm, walks into the center of last Sunday evening’s candlelight vigil to remember Landyn and all children lost to tragedy. - photo by BRANTLEY SIMMONS

Grief is a peculiar guest. A guest who often finds solitude in the most intimate spaces of our being. Once grief has stayed its days and nights, it is exchanged for its lighter side of comfort.