USA First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff

Dear First Lady Suzanne Pillen,
I am an ambassador and the NE State Lead for the Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall. We lost 2 of
our children Pheonix Cheyenne Baker forever 27, and Ricky Allen Miller III forever 28. They were
poisoned by fentanyl. We are devastated and completely broken. We loved our children beyond
imagination.
Our children lived to the fullest. They both had very good jobs, Pheonix had just bought a house
and had a nice car. They traveled, they conquered their goals, they received a great education
and most importantly they had unconditional love and support in all they have pursued. Ricky
started his family and had a baby girl, Alana. They were truly special, everyone loved them, and
they loved back even more. Their services were attended by hundreds of people, every skin color,
and all walks of life, cultural and lifestyle choices flooding out the doors.
Being a good parent is a selfless act. It is an act of truly loving outside of oneself. To lose a child,
especially to lose a child to murder, is an agony so consuming, so dark, that your brain cannot
and will not comprehend. It invades your sleep and haunts your will to live. Real loss is only
possible when you love something more than you love yourself. Those of us who love Pheonix
and Ricky know what real loss is.
We do not know where our children are. If they're safe, warm or if they're afraid. We do not know
if they can hear our voices or hear us cry when the pain is unbearable. We do not know if they
know just how much we loved them. My belief is they're in the warm, loving and protective
embrace of God.
Pheonix and Ricky's brothers and sisters will always wonder what great things they're doing. Who
would their spouses have been? They will never have that nitpicking every day at each other.
They will never have the contests of who the best kids were and who loved them most. Sisters
need their sisters; brothers need their brothers; they are one's best friends. There are no more
sleepovers at Auntie Pheonix's or Uncle Ricky's for their nieces and nephews.
Would you please assist us in finding a permanent location for a Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall
within our Capitol or another State Building in Lincoln? We have created two digital Memorial
Walls. One with photos and one with names. I am including Pheonix and Ricky’s frame, below.
These digital walls and albums update automatically. We would also like the photos displayed
permanently in hard copy format in our State Capitol. We would like our loved ones to be treated
like victims. They were all victims of the Pharmaceutical Industry. Now, they are victims of China,
India and the Mexican Cartels. Many were victims of a deadly condition called Substance Use
Disorder. We are using the word “drugism” for the judgment toward people with SUD
.
A group of our Nebraska parents would love to meet with you and work together to prevent this
from happening to other families.
Sincerely,
Shannon Sayers and Rick Miller - Omaha, NE
Pheonix and Ricky’s mom and dad, Superherosx7@gmail.com
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