Secretly, my mom and Jon's neighbor, Clelie, had been planning a benefit in Jon's honor. We had donations coming from everywhere: people at work, that I had never seen before, family members, old friends that had moved across the country. It was an amazing feeling doing this for him and his wife. Even places in town gave different prizes to hand out to those that were generous enough to buy tickets, like a Cajun microwave, a golf set, etc.
It was an interesting day with the people and activities. I was stuck face painting for a while, which, the work I did definitely did not even cost a dollar. But it was for a good cause.
The most amazing thing, however, was seeing people like my family, coming together to do this for him. It really opened my eyes to the support system we both have during this entire process. We all came together in the end, to raise at least 10,000 dollars if not more, to help cover the cost of medical bills and to relieve some of the burden that he and Hope faced.
Knowing that this could help him lead a normal life, to be able to pick up and hold his two year old son, Liam again, and to be his 26 year old self, is the most important thing to me, right now.
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