Jordan's first year was such an exciting one. He was my first nephew, so I was a first time Aunt and VERY proud.
I cut the cord when he was born. Was shaking so much he almost ended up a girl! Jordan's Mom Donna was a single mom so she spent quite a bit of time with us. Jordan was spoiled beyound belief by myself, his Uncle Joe and cousin Stacy. I watched Jordan for a time while his mom worked and I attented school in the evenings. He was such a little stinker, curious and into everything! He had the most beautiful headfull of dark black hair and even then he just smiled ALL the time. I remember his first b-day at his mom's apartment. Just a bunch of adults with party hats on, enjoying watching Jordan make a mess with his cake and wondering what us crazy adults were doing for him. He was by far one of the most loved babies and deservedly so. And of course, he did not fail to do the "boy thing" when you changed his diapers. He got me a few times. I should have known then what was to come. His first year with us was a joy as were all 17 years.

Jordan lived his life to the fullest during his brief time with us. When he was born he had such a head full of black hair he looked like a little Indian baby. SOOOO cute. He was so very curious and into everything! He was extremely smart and received straight A's and many honors during his grade school years. He was nominated for the gifted program on several occasions. He even received a letter from the president which of course made him SOOO proud. Then Jr. High came. Friends became more important than school, skateboarding became more important than homework. You get the idea. Just a typical adolesent. He was on the wrestling team and won many medals, won state champion and boy were we proud. Then High School. Friends, Girls, skipping school, having fun was the most important thing to him. Typical teen. However he was always so very polite to everyone's parents and cared deeply about his family and friends. He so wanted to do well in everything he did that this past year he really buckled down and improved his grades, started his first job, snagging carts for Wal-Mart, which he even enjoyed. His boss said that Jordan would always come to the office with that smile on his face and ask if there was anything else he could do. By the time Jordan passed he had accomplished so much, some that we were not even aware of, because he never would try and seek out accolades, he just did what he did because he had such a huge compasionate heart. I know that he touched so many, not only friends and family, but neighbors, parents, teachers, co-workers, etc. I think we could all have learned a lesson from Jordan. Probably the most important is to not sweat the small stuff and treat everyone as though it was an honor to know them. He left behind quite a legacy. One that will not be forgotten and hopefully will continue on thru family and friends. This is how Jordan lived his life from March 29th 1989 to September 17 2006.