Trayvon Martin’s Mother Pens Letter to Family of Mike Brown: Neither of their lives shall be in vain.

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin has penned a lengthy letter to the family of Mike Brown. Posted in TIME, Ms. Fulton shares her tragic experience and gives advice to Brown’s family in moving forward. She writes:

To The Brown Family,

I wish I had a word of automatic comfort but I don’t. I wish I could say that it will be alright on a certain or specific day but I can’t. I wish that all of the pain that I have endured could possibly ease some of yours but it won’t. What I can do for you is what has been done for me: pray for you then share my continuing journey as you begin yours.

I hate that you and your family must join this exclusive yet growing group of parents and relatives who