A young man, a bouncer, is murdered violently, stabbed in the throat while trying to defuse a fight at a popular sports bar. With one middle-of-the-night phone call, his family is thrust into a horrific nightmare, trying to come to grips with the unimaginable loss of their son, facing the raw, gut wrenching emotion of a murder trial, and a tormenting path to justice. It tested their strength, turned their lives upside down and forced them to relive their son’s last moments. This is a true life saga, as told from the broken heart of a mother who experienced the worst kind of pain and felt compelled to share her son’s story. Candidly written, she suppressed her grief as she battled with the concept of forgiveness. Through it all, this mother chronicled the event that changed so many lives forever. She shares her nightly emails to family and friends, and recounts the drama that unfolded in the courtroom-- including testimonies, statements, the verdict and sentencing. With honest detail, this story documents the family's overwhelming sorrow, the love and support of many along their journey and their determination to celebrate their son's life in a meaningingful way.