Every day. Every day Lindsay and Zack Mertz can look out their house windows and see a neighborhood park sign honoring their daughter Maddison. Every day unimaginable emotional pain grips them as they contemplate her loss several years ago to childhood cancer. - Advertisement - And yet, they are emotionally buoyed by the love for their other two daughters, and by the seemingly omnipresent support of family, friends and community. âThe whole reason that we are still functioning today is because of the community and the support out here,â Lindsay said, referring largely to the city of Victoria and its Watermark housing development. âI canât say enough about how much people care.â