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Jordan entered the world on October 11th, 1985 at
2:17 PM; the fourth of five sons born to Bill and me. Our
first was Jonathan, then our stillborn son we named Angel,
David was third, then came Jordan and the last to join our
family was Adam.
Jordan was born with a head full of white hair
that stayed white (getting a little bit darker as he aged)
his whole life...well except for his last Halloween when he
dyed it black
and in the summer when too much swimming turned
it green! In fact, his hair was so white when he was
younger, as he began venturing off alone, we could always
find him when he was outside on sunny days from the "halo"
he always wore. He was a good sized baby coming into the
world at 9 lbs 3 oz and 20 inches long. I chose his first
name from hearing it used by a woman who worked at the same
bank I did. I loved it. When I told Bill I had decided on
a name for a boy and told him what it was, he rejected it as
too unusual. We found out during my 8th month that he was
to be a boy and from that point on, I never referred to
him as "the baby" but as Jordan. I guess it worked because
Bill began calling him Jordan as well. We decided on
Michael because I though it was a strong, solid name that
sounded good with both Jordan and Draper. And so he
was...Jordan Michael Draper.
Jordan was born with a happy, positive, caring,
loveable and loving spirit. Everyone loved him from the
beginning. He wore a smile like most people wear their most
comfortable pair of shoes...every chance he got. His smile
was big, bright and easy. I like to think he had MY smile.
As Jordan aged, those same wonderful qualities he
was born with continued to emerge and grow. He was possibly
one of the most positive people I have ever known. He
looked for and found the good in even the worst of
circumstances. He cared deeply for his family and his
friends and was totally devoted to both. He had an
insatiable hunger for learning. My father always like to
use "big" words when speaking with the kids. Jordan would
look up any word he didn't know in the dictionary to
discover its meaning and then try to use it the next time he
spoke to his grandpa. I think it made Jordan proud learning
all those new words and my dad just as proud to have helped
satisfy his hunger.
Jordan loved trivia. He loved sports. He loved
soccer.
He started playing when he was about 7 and
continued his entire life. He enjoyed playing and watching
other sports but soccer was by far his passion and he was
very good at it. He LOVED winning. His favorite number was
13. He told me once that he thought the name Corky was
hilarious and he hoped to have a friend one day with
that name...I hope he does. He loved Mt. Dew pop and junk
food. I didn't realize just how much he DID love junk food
until after he was gone. I would buy it thinking David and
Adam were eating it but it would just sit in the
pantry...waiting for Jordan. He loved snow and was excited
when we had enough so that he could go skiing. He tried
snowboarding a few times but didn't like it as well. He
loved cruising the internet and instant messaging with his
friends. He loved video games and hard rock music. Jordan
loved TV and movies and could recite lines and dialogue from
many of them. He loved to sleep late and never slept
without a box fan set on high pointed right at his head.
Jordan loved animals and had a special place in his heart
for our golden retriever, Skylar...I guess because they
pretty much grew up together...Skylar is with Jordan now.
He loved road trips and traveling. Jordan loved to help
people and was involved in community service projects and
his church youth group. Jordan loved Christmas. He loved
fast food, especially Taco Bell. He loved the color blue.
He loved wearing visor caps instead of baseball caps. He
loved to wear tee-shirt and jeans but also liked dressing
up. Jordan loved making fun of himself to make people
laugh. Jordan loved most everything. However, there were a
few things he didn't like. He hated diet pop. He didn't
like McDonald's Hamburger and in fact "boycotted" them and
wouldn't get so much as a pop from there...I think it was
the only fast food he WOULDN'T eat. He "didn't do" Canada,
he hated meatloaf. He hated cleaning his room and he hated
being grounded or having TV privileges taken away. He hated
being treated unfairly or seeing someone else being treated
unfairly. He HATED losing! I am sure there were other
things Jordan didn't like...things maybe only his friends
knew about, but in comparison, the list is small which just
reinforces his positive nature.
Jordan left this earth four years ago on
Saturday, January 12, 2002 at 6:50 PM. He was on his way
home from a day spent skiing at Crystal Mountain in
Cadillac, Michigan with his good friend Michael Gall and
Michael's brother Reese. Reese was driving in what became a
"white out", crossed the center line and they were hit
broadside by a Trail way's bus. Michael was Jordan's daily
companion and his companion into heaven. They were both
killed instantly.
Our lives can never or WILL ever be the same.
Not a day goes by that Jordan isn't loved, missed and
thought about. I give thanks to God that we, and the earth
were blessed with a spirit like his. I know that Jordan
lives now with our Lord and until the day we see him again,
my heart will cry while my soul rejoices...Jordan, you
are FOREVER loved...yesterday, today, tomorrow...always!
Though your voice is silent...your spirit echo's
still!
please sign Jordan's Guest Book
This page is dedicated to the family of
Jordan Draper.
This page designed by
Judy Reed
(Inspired
by my angel Heidi)
Meet my Heidi:
This page is dedicated to the family of Jordan Draper.
This page designed by Judy Reed (Inspired by my angel Heidi)
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