A week after his youngest daughter’s funeral, Frank O’Donnell spotted a black and orange monarch butterfly in the backyard of the family home in North Providence, Rhode Island. This was a moment that spoke to him, and it echoed memory of his daughter, Keri. “I’ve never seen a butterfly stay still that long,” he recalled. This encounter led Frank to eventually raise butterflies in his backyard, sending spare milkweed seeds to anyone else compelled to help these endangered insects thrive in the wild. Frank explained to The Boston Globe that this species of butterfly has become intrinsically connected to his memory of Keri. “Monarchs, to me, are Keri,” he said. “I love seeing the other butterflies too, but the monarchs are what reminds me of her.” At age 15, Keri died in a road traffic accident in July 2010. A minivan tire blew out while she was driving to the beach with her …