Martha Tessmer started The Mother of an Angel Friendship Network after her teenage son Donovan Tessmer was killed in an automobile accident. The weekly support group helps members counsel each other through their difficult shared experiences of losing their children and experiencing isolation.
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36 imagesphoto gallery about a Central California support group for mothers. All the women have children who have died. The support group was started by Martha Tessmer; find the website at http://mother-of-an-angel.com/index.htm -
42 imagesFrom my archive: photos from last year's photo shoot with Central Valley's Mothers of an Angel started by Martha Tessmer. The group gathered for group photos at Martha's home in Madera. -
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15 imagesKim Libecki stands near the monument created for her son at the Clovis intersection where her son died when hit by a car while skateboarding. Kim is a member of the support group Mothers of an Angel. -
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22 imagesCheri Le of the Mothers of an Angel Friendship Network photographed by Bryan Farley on August 16, 2010 in Madera, California. -
28 imagesSusan Andersen joined the Mothers of an Angel network after her son was killed in an accident. I photographed her grandson at Webster Elementary in Madera, California, the same school that Susan's son attended. -
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12 imagesAfter lunch on August 16t, 2010, four members of the Mothers of an Angel group met at the Clovis Cemetery. Susan Amaya visited her son's grave for a few more photographs. -
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16 imagesStacie Pike joined the Mothers of an Angel Network after her 18 year old daughter Krista Rae Pike was murdered. Krista is survived by three siblings who appear with their mother. -
18 imagesMary Minnette Sappington is the most recent member of the Mother of an Angel Network. When I photographed Mary on August 16, 2010, she was attending her first meeting. Mary's daugther, Kimberly Marie Hamilton, would have celebrated her 23rd birthday two days earlier. -
21 imagesMartha Tessmer started Mother of an Angel Friendship Network after her son was killed in a car accident. The Madera community helped build a memorial garden for Donovan, Martha and Duane's son. -
33 imagesImpact Teen Drivers was created in 2007 to reduce reckless driving fatalities. The non-profit was founded by the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, California Teachers Association and California Casualty. -
19 imagesSeveral members of the Mother of an Angel Friendship Network visited J Esparza's Resistance Tattoo Gallery in Fresno, California. An Elvis impersonator performed outside. -
37 imagesPhotos from the Mother of an Angel dinner at Martha Tessmer's house. I am pictured at the end. Duane Tessmer photographed me receiving a gift. -
17 imagesEric Gary Travioli died at the scene after an auto accident on January 1, 2006 in Kerman, California. Eric was a passenger. His parents arrived at the location before the first responders. -
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16 imagesThis is an embedded gallery for Bryan Farley's Blog http://morethankids.typepad.com/more_than_kids/2009/09/bitter-sweet-16.html; for Zachary Reynolds Armistead's 16th birthday. His first "Angel Day will be December 2, 2009. -
61 imagesThis is part of an ongoing photography project of the Central Valley support group Mother of an Angel Friendship Network. -
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