Labor day, last year, the wife took our kids and some of their friends swimming at the lake. I wanted to go but had some work to finish up.
My youngest son's best friend Jordan had stayed the weekend with us; he drowned while swimming with them. Wendy dove and dove for him, but the water was too murky for her to see anything.
The divers found his body about an hour later.
Jordan was 18 and had recently been accepted into the Marine Corp's combat diving team. Go figure.
Jordan was like a son to us. He practically lived here; if Jordan wasn't staying the weekend here, it meant that Jeremy was staying over his house.
He was the star running back on the football team that I coached. Jeremy was my best receiver and defensive end.
We are going over to Jordan's family's home today for a memorial cookout / potluck / whatever.
Please pray for Jeremy, who misses him, and for Wendy, who feels responsible and needs your prayers, as well as the Gibbs family, who lost their oldest son.
Also please pray for my son Daniel, who is still taking it very hard, and somehow got left out of the sympathy loop.
Thanks, Jon
-- Edited by jonthepain on Monday 5th of September 2011 04:17:26 PM
