They say time heals all wounds. But for many families who lost loved ones in the Buffalo mass shooting on May 14, 2022, one year is certainly not enough.

Two of Margus Morrison’s kids are remembering their father.

“He was a hard worker, a great father," said Cassandra Demps, Margus Morrison's stepdaughter.

"He loved kids,” added Margus Morrison Jr., Morrison's son.

His family remembers him as a man who brought smiles to those around him.

“Whether it's music or hosting or telling jokes, but he will make sure everybody is having a good time," Demps said.

But last May 14, Morrison, along with nine others, was taken too soon.

“I guess he had a taste for some chicken," Demps said. "So he was going to go buy his ingredients.”

It was at the school down Jefferson Avenue, the very same one Morrison was a school bus aide for, where his kids found out their father wouldn’t be coming back.

“The big bosses came out and said around 10 o'clock that's when they told us," Morrison Jr. said. "It was definitely like a slap in the face.”

But his family tries to focus on the positive.

“Margus had a good repertoire with the kids,” Demps said. “If they were having trouble he was easy to talk to for them.”

They lean on each other to get through.

“My family is dependent on him my mom, my sister and my other brother,” Demps said. “The community has definitely reached out a lot.”

That doesn’t make the pain of losing someone, especially to white supremacy, any easier.

“Even a year later, it's still hard to fathom that this is the reason why it happened,” Demps said. “We are going to try our best to live life to the fullest and won't let white supremacy end our happiness.”

The family says they haven’t been to that Tops supermarket after it reopened. It’s too painful. But walking by, it’s a reminder to them that more work still needs to be done -- from gun control to providing more resources to East Buffalo.

“It's a catch 22," said Demps. "I do not plan on going back into it only because of this incident. And the other part is I know we need it. We need the grocery store. It's tough.”

There are bad days and good ones.

“I look just like him,” Morrison Jr. said. “I’m his junior.”

"His twin,” added Demps.

They see Margus in the little things.

“He made a good tuna salad, so when I'm making that I think of him," said Demps. “Or when I listen to music. He liked Darnell Jones. So anytime his song will come on, I'll think of him.”

Pictures don’t do Margus justice.

“You can’t get a voice through pictures,” Morrison Jr. said.

His family wishes they could have just one more day.

“I’d hug him,” Demps said. “A huge hug. That's the first thing. A tight hug, and probably won't even want to let go.”