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Unbearable grief is transformed by West Valley's couple decision to honor late daughters through service

Tony Parks kisses his wife Natalie Parks by a crib in their late daughters' room at home in West Valley City on Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. The Parks have lost two daughters, one to stillbirth and one shortly after birth.

I find the more emotionally unselfish I continue to be, the closer I feel to my daughters, the better I feel about my relationship with them.

WEST VALLEY CITY — With each pass of the sponge, Tony Parks revealed his oldest daughter’s beauty.

It would be the only bath he’d be able to give her, so he took in each moment with a kind of desperation and awe that allows him to summon every detail of the experience whenever he needs it.