Thursday, January 31, 2008

Hometown Hero

Guess who is on the front page of The Middle Tyger Times? Jordan! I haven't seen a copy yet (hopefully one is in the mail to me), and there isn't any info about it on their website yet, but if you are in the Duncan, Lyman, Wellford area pick up a copy!

-posted by Jaime

Friday, January 25, 2008

Come Home


I was browsing on iTunes yesterday and was previewing OneRepublic’s new CD, Dreaming Out Loud. I saw one song title that stuck out like a sore thumb. It’s called Come Home, and when I previewed it, tears came to my eyes. I immediately bought it and when I listened to the whole song, I began to sob. This song pretty much portrays every feeling and emotion that I have felt about Jordan since he has been gone. It’s such a beautiful song, and I wanted to share the lyrics with everyone!


Come Home

Hello world
Hope you're listening
Forgive me if I'm young
For speaking out of turn
There's someone I've been missing
I think that they could be
The better half of me
They're in their own place trying to make it right
But I'm tired of justifying
So I say you'll..


Come home
Come home
Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long
For so long
And right now there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
The fight for you is all I've ever known
So come home

I get lost in the beauty
Of everything I see
The world ain't as half as bad
As they paint it to be
If all the sons
If all the daughters
Stopped to take it in
Well hopefully the hate subsides and the love can begin
It might start now…Yeah
Well maybe I'm just dreaming out loud
Until then

Come home
Come home
Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long
For so long
And right now there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
The fight for you is all I've ever known
Ever known
So come home

Everything I can't be
Is everything you should be
And that's why I need you here
Everything I can't be
Is everything you should be
And that's why I need you here
So hear this now

Come home
Come home
Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long
For so long
And right now there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
The fight for you is all I've ever known
Ever known
So come home
Come home



-posted by Lindsay

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Coyote Ugly….

During the holidays, Jordan told me about an incident that had happened to him one night while he was at his tent. It wasn’t until Jaime reminded me of the story, when I realized that it was a must blog story to share with everyone. I suppose it’s the first real “war” story Jordan has shared with anyone.

Jordan said that he was leaving his tent one night to go use the bathroom. As he was flying out of his tent to head for the latrine, he looked up and all he could do was immediately stop in his tracks and freeze. Standing literally two to three feet in front of him was a wild coyote! His first two thoughts were: 1. This thing is going to kill me! And 2. If this thing doesn’t kill me, I’m definitely getting rabies out of this situation! The coyote was crouched down in the pouncing position as Jordan had startled it when he came running out of his tent. They stood there, both frozen, staring at one another for, according to Jordan, was at least two minutes. In the midst of the stare down, a truck came driving through Jordan’s tent city and spooked the wild coyote. Luckily the animal ran away.

After Jordan told me this story, my first response was, “WOW! This is the closest call to death you’ve had since you’ve been over there!” Now I don’t only have to worry about Al Qaeda and terrorists putting my beloved boyfriend’s life in danger, but now I have to worry about wild coyotes giving him rabies! When I told Jordan’s mom about this story, she raised a great question! If the base is surrounded by heavy duty fences, then how do these coyotes even get on to the base?

-posted by Lindsay