FOR ALL THAT KNEW HIM, HE LEFT A BIG PIECE IN SO MANY HEARTS. HE LOVED SO MANY, SO MANY LOVED HIM! HIS LIFE ENDED TRAGICALLY, BY SOMEONE ELSES HAND. WE CAN'T BRING HIM BACK BUT WE CAN HOLD OUR MEMORIES DEEP IN OUR HEARTS & KEEP HIM ALIVE BY TELLING EACH OTHER ALL OF THE CRAZY & FUN THINGS JORDAN HAD DONE THE 18 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, TO WRITE THEIR OWN FOND MEMORIES OF JORDAN HERE FOR ALL OF US TO READ.I AM A PROUD MOTHER & JORDAN HAS A PROUD FATHER. JORDAN WAS NAMED AFTER HIS FATHER "RYAN".FOR ANYONE WHO NEVER MET RYAN, HIS SON WAS A SPITTING IMAGE OF HIM.THE LAST COUPLE YEARS OF HIS LIFE, I'D LOOK AT HIM & SEE HIS FATHER.HIS FATHER LOVED HIM VERY MUCH. I REMMEBER JORDAN COMING HOME FROM DAD'S & TELLING ME ABOUT THEM GOING HUNTING. DAD BOUGHT HIM HIS FIRST HUNTING LICENSE. DAD ALSO BOUGHT HIM HIS FIRST SET OF GOLF CLUBS. JORDAN LOVED THAT AT ONE TIME ALSO. ACTUALLY I WENT WITH HIM A FEW TIMES & HE WAS PRETTY GOOD JUST STARTING OUT.HE WOULD ALSO TELL ME THAT DAD WAS SHOWING HIM HOW TO CHANGE HIS OIL & TAKE CARE OF HIS CARE.
AS JORDAN GOT OLDER HE STARTED CHANGING. HE WENT FROM ONE YOUNG MAN OVER NIGHT TO A COMPLETE DIFFERENT ONE THE NEXT.HE GREW HIS HAIR LONGER, LOST A BUNCH OF WEIGHT & STARTED SKATEBOARDING. HIS FATHER ALSO SKATEBOARDED WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, HAD A FEW BROKEN BONES & JORDAN FOLLOWED RIGHT IN THOSE FOOTSTEPS.
JORDAN HAD A LOVE FOR MUSIC, CLOTHES & FUN OF COURSE. I REMEMBER WHEN I TOOK HIM FOR HIS FIRST INTERVIEW AT MCDONALDS. THATBOY CAME OUT WITH THE BIGGEST GRIN ON HIS FACE. I KNEW THEN, HE HAD IT.SO OF COURSE WE AHD TO GO SHOPPING. HE WASN'T ABOUT TO BE SEEN IN REGULAR MCDONALD PANTS.HE HAD TO HAVE DICKIES FROM NON OTHER PACSUN'S. 25.00 A PR. WOW!! JUST TO BE RUINED BY ALL THAT MCDONALD GREASE. I ALREADY KNEW WHAT THAT WAS LIKE BECAUSE HIS SITER HAD WORKED THERE ALSO. THEN THAT WASN'T THE END. HE HAD TO HAVE "BLACK" ETNIES. OF ALL THE SHOES HE AHD TO HAVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE PR."BUT MOM, I'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM".THEY WERE DISGUSTING IN 2 WEEKS.HE DID LIKE THAT JOB THOUGH & IT LASTED UNTIL HE STARTED AT PACSUN. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I STILL HAVE HIS BLACK DICKIES & HIS T-SHIRTS WITH HIS BADGES ON THEM IN ZIPLOC BAGS, ALONG WITH HIS ETNIES. SO , YEAH IN A WAY THEY ARE GOING TO LAST FOR A LONG TIME & I WILL GET MY MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF THEM.HE JUST KNEW HOW TO GO ABOUT ME. HE WAS WONDERFUL AT PLAYING ME, I ADMIT IT.WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT FACE IT WAS SO HARD TO SAY NO, THEN HE WOULD SMILE & PROCEED WITH THE LIP STUCK OUT.GOD WHAT I'D DO TODAY TO SEE THAT FACE AGAIN LIKE THAT. I WOULD GIVE THAT BOY THE WORLD ON A SILVER PLATTER & I KNOW HIS DAD WOULD ALSO & ANYONE ELSE WHO LOVED HIM.I'D LOVE TO TRIP OVER THOSE BIG SHOES THAT HE WOULD LEAVE RIGHT INSIDE THE DOOR, FOR ALL TO TRIP OVER, ALTHOUGH HIS BEDROOM DOOR WAS A FOOT FROM THE FRONT DOOR. I WOULD EVEN GIVE UP MY PARKING SPACE SO HE COULD PARK HIS CAR THERE INSTAED OF IN THE GRASS.I'D COME HOME & I'D HAVE TO CALL HIM ON THE PHONE & TELL HIM TO COME OUT & MOVE HIS CAR.NOW HE WOULD HAVE HIS OWN BIG SPACE ON OUR CONCRETE DRIVEWAY. MAYBE HE WOULD EVEN GET HALF OF THE GARAGE. HE WOULD LOVE IT HERE  AT OUR NEW HOME. I WAS TALKING TO HIM TODAY ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK ABOUT HOW MY LIFE WOULD BE SO COMPLETE IF HE WAS STILL HERE. I HAVE A NEW HOME, A GOOD JOB, 4GRANDKIDS, EVERYONE IS HEALTHY & WITH HIM HERE I WOULDNT WANT FOR ANYTHING. HE STILL HAS HIS OWN ROOM. IT'S ALL FIXED UP WITH ALL HIS STUFF & PICTURES, HIS BED & WHEN WE HAVE COMPANY STAY, LIKE UNCLE JOHN, SARAH, GRANDMA RUSSELL, THEY SLEEP IN HIS BED.I MISS HIM SO MUCH, WE ALL DO. BUT I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I AHVE SO MANY MEMORIES & OF COURSE I COULD GO ON & ON, BUT I WILL STOP FOR NOW & ADD LATER!