Anyone who has lost a family member never truly stops grieving, in my opinion.
Additionally, even though you may not be able to see your loved one in person again, you can experience the memory for a while by going to their grave or memorial.
In 2003, In Richmond, California. Ray Olson’s son, Raymond, died in an automobile accident. A drunken driver was the reason of the 22 year old’s death.
The multi-billion dollar corporation Chevron held the property where Raymond was died, and Ray was so certain the business would never permit him to erect an official memorial that he didn’t even ask.
Instead, he made a memorial there in secret and went there every night. Until one day, when the company sent Ray a shocking message: “Renovation was planned for the area.“
A enigmatic roadside memorial existed for many years on land owned by Chevron, the energy conglomerate, in Richmond, California. According to NBC News, nobody knew who set it up or kept it running.
Joe Lorenz, a Chevron official, said: “We’d notice that it had been maintained, but we’d never know whoever was looking after it.“
Ray Olson showed to be the memorial’s keeper. To remember his son, who passed away in a car accident on that day, he went to the site every night for more than 12 years.
Ray’s heart was then broken in 2016. He was informed that the neighborhood would undergo development. Chevron wrote a message at the memorial asking the unnamed caretaker to get in touch with them since they believed that the property need an improvement.
Ray Olson made the decision to move forward at that point. He was certain that Chevron was going to destroy his memorial and take his memories with it.
“I was sure that they were going to break it down,” Olson stated.
But he probably never thought the company would construct a new memorial in its stead. Yet as it turned out, the business put a plaque in Ray’s son’s honor and put a bench next to it for visiting mourners like Ray.
We told Ray, “This is your spot. You never need to come again around evening time,” Joe Lorenz from Chevron told NBC News and added:
The business contacted the neighborhood council’s president, Cesar Zepeda, and asked if they could work together to create a permanent memorial.
“It’s a fantastic, great feeling to know that you’ve given a father life and hope and that you change someone’s life.” Zepeda added.
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