{"id":81428,"date":"2024-07-05T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T03:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/?p=81428"},"modified":"2024-07-05T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T03:30:35","slug":"stranger-keeps-secretly-visiting-soldiers-grave-when-mom-finds-out-why-she-tracks-him-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/stranger-keeps-secretly-visiting-soldiers-grave-when-mom-finds-out-why-she-tracks-him-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger keeps secretly visiting soldier\u2019s grave, when mom finds out \u2018why\u2019 she tracks him down"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Stranger keeps secretly visiting soldier\u2019s grave, when mom finds out \u2018why\u2019 she tracks him down\n</h2><p>No pain is greater than that of losing a child. Unfortunately, parents whose children are part of the military and are deployed to far and foreign countries fear for their safety each and every day.\n</p><p>Joseph Villasenor was a United States Air Force Staff Sergeant whose love for the country was greater than any other. Unfortunately, after serving for 16 years, this brave man was killed at the age of 36. His parents, Raymond and Rachel Villasenor, were heartbroken. They couldn\u2019t believe their son was gone. Coping with the pain was a real struggle. They shared the story of their son\u2019s unfortunate passing and the mysterious event that happened shorty after.\n</p><p>One day, as they visited Joseph\u2019s grave at the Garden Park Cemetery in Arlington, Texas, they noticed something unusual \u2013 their son\u2019s grave was covered with a trail of beautiful, green grass while nearly all of the other graves were covered with dead grass and dirt.\n</p><p>They couldn\u2019t possibly know the reason behind it.\n</p><p>However, what they were unaware of was a chance-encounter between their daughter and an old man named Jake Reissig a few months earlier.\n</p><p>It turned out that Jake was bringing flowers to his late wife\u2019s resting place when he saw Joseph\u2019s sister crying over his grave. He couldn\u2019t help but approach and ask her why she was crying. She explained that her brother died recently and the entire family was heartbroken and grieving. Jake couldn\u2019t comfort her, but he could do something to show them that he cared.\n</p><p>He decided to bring flowers to Joseph\u2019s grave. He also watered the grass every day.\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-81434 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/inovatestory.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/07%5C/182.1.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"600\"' height='\"448\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/182.1.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>One day when Rachel and her husband Raymond visited their son\u2019s grave, they noticed their son\u2019s grave was all covered in beautiful flowers. The sight made them feel better. However, they didn\u2019t know who to thank for the lovely deed.\n</p><p>Eventually, they learned it was Jake who was taking care of the tombstone.\n</p><p>Jake\u2019s kind deed moved them to tears. Words couldn\u2019t describe how grateful they were to this elderly man.\n</p><p>It is during the tough times we experience in life that we need someone to show us they care. Thank you, Jake, people like you make this world a better place.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Stranger keeps secretly visiting soldier\u2019s grave, when mom finds out \u2018why\u2019 she tracks him down No pain is greater than that of losing a child. Unfortunately, parents whose children are part of the military and are deployed to far and foreign countries fear for their safety each and every day. 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