"It's all been snuffed, but we're going to make a difference."

That's what Dan Curtis told me. He and his wife Julie are grieving the loss of their 30-year-old son Adam Curtis, who was killed in a crash last month while riding his motorcycle.

"He was an amazing soul," said Julie Curtis. "I miss him terribly."

Curtis used his passion for crafting and creativity to become a skilled tile worker after dropping out of college.

"He made a name with other tile companies," said Dan Curtis. "I'd run into a couple of them since Adam's passing that just said your kid was the future."

After Adam died, his parents went to Adam's home. His girlfriend, Katelyn, gave his mother a tile Lotus flower that Adam was making for her.

"He knows that [I] love flowers," she said. "The Lotus is significant fo

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