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March 5, 2021 – “I would appear in court and beg the judge to please don’t let her leave the courtroom because there were days that I felt like if she did that, I wouldn’t see her again,” said Metheney. Lissy’s struggle came to an end on April 26, 2020.
“My youngest son’s 13th birthday,” said Metheney. “She made a very costly mistake.” Despite being clean during the pregnancy with her son, Lissy returned to the drug and overdosed when he was just 2 months old.
“Lissy’s still here. Lissy is with us. That’s Lissy’s smile. Malachi has Lissy’s smile,” said Emerald Cancel.
Cancel is Lissy’s aunt.
“Losing her was like losing like a part of me,” said Cancel.
Within months of her niece’s death, Cancel was looking for ways to turn her family’s grief into action.
“We had to do something to keep Lissy’s memory alive,” said Cancel.
