Mother walks for her son who couldn’t
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Rebekah VanNierop places balloons at her son Jonathon’s grave with assistance from Jonathon’s grandmother, Charlotte VanNierop, Saturday at Cochise Memory Gardens Cemetery.
(Mark Levy • Herald/Review)
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SIERRA VISTA — As Rebekah VanNierop released balloons in honor of her late son Jonathon on Saturday morning, she told him, “I do this for you, I want you to get these and I want you to take these really high.” At that moment a gust of wind swept in and it felt like he was right there.
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What a tremendous thing to do for her son who never had the chance to do the
things she is doing for him. It makes me want to weep for her…