Autistic Orphan Can’t Afford Headstone for His Late Mom—Until He Walks Through Kind Store Owner’s Door

Autistic Orphan Can’t Afford Headstone for His Late Mom—Until He Walks Through Kind Store Owner’s Door
Courtesy of Deborah Keeling
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An 11-year-old boy with autism who was looking for something to place at his mother’s gravesite found a lot more than he'd expected when he walked into a gift shop in Virginia.

The owner of the gift shop was moved when she learned of Jamarius Burneson’s tragic story and how his late mother lacked a proper grave to mark her resting place, where Jamarius still goes to talk to her.