Jonathan - on the beach.
The best Mother's Day present
he could have given to him Mom!
It was one of the few days he had energy
to go outside.
Zack is on the far left.
Jonathan is in the middle.
Anna is on the far right.
What a beautiful family!
Now and then you meet some very special people. I've been friends with Ramona Nicks Heikel since I was in 8th grade. In December I heard from Ramona that her sister-in-law Anna Nicks and Anna's sons Jonathan and Zack were coming to the San Diego area. They were in search of medical treatment for Jonathan, who was diagnosed the previous July with Cancer.
We had the opportunity to meet up with the Nick's family while in San Diego on Spring Break. We just loved them and have stayed in touch, sending to them shipments of goodies (DVDs, magazines, healthy snacks, a skate board, and so on - thanks to all my friends who contributed to these care packages!)
Sadly, Jonathan lost the battle to cancer on June 19th, 9 days before his 16th birthday. This was an amazing kid who never asked "why me?" and always thought of others. Anyone who met him and his family felt lucky to have known him.
Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to this lovely family.
