'Happiness into people's lives': North Tonawanda mother honoring daughter's legacy with sunflowers of hope

'Happiness into people's lives': North Tonawanda mother honoring daughter's legacy with sunflowers of hope

What began as a promise between a mother and her daughter has grown into a heartfelt legacy of compassion, now blooming across Western New York.Deborah Hastings lost her daughter, Erin Grace, in 2015. Born with cerebral palsy, Erin was nonverbal, used a wheelchair and faced health challenges from the moment she entered the world. Doctors did not expect her to live past her first birthday but she defied all odds and lived 14 years."Erin was 14 wh…