Elisha Ross’s son Michael, known as “Pacman,” was the only one of her children to call her “mama.”
“He wanted to take on the whole world. He wanted everyone to be family. He loved skating. And he loved his mama,” she said.
After he was killed in 2018, Ross relied on faith as she processed her grief. She says both she and her son were spiritual.
“It has been my core … to know that I can wake up and smile. I could breathe, and I don’t have to walk around with anxiety and doubt and fear if I’m going to ever see him again. He’s with me — his vibrations, I feel them constantly.”
The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute practices Seven Principles of Peace to help families heal and find peace after losing a loved one to homicide. One of those principles is faith.
Keeping her son’s memory alive is why she got involved.
“I just want to, you know, bring my son into this space and let everybody know that he added to this world. He didn’t take away. He added love. He loved everyone,” she said.
