JONATHAN......... WHAT TO SAY! YOUR MOTHER IS MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD. PEOPLE LOVED AND CARED FOR YOU SO MUCH IN THIS LIFE HEAVEN SHOULD BE BEAMS OF GLORY FOR YOU. YOU ARE A WONDERFUL MAN. YOU SHOULD BUILT A PALACE FOR YOURSELF UP THERE. YOU STOOD BY YOUR FAMILY, COUNTRY, AND YOUR HEART THROUGH EVERYTHING YOU DID!!! I'M SORRY MY LAST THOUGHTS WITH YOU WERE GOOD BYE THOUGHTS. I MISS YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR CALM, MELLOW VOICE. YOU HAD A HEART OF GOLD. I WISH THERE WAS MORE I COULD SAY TO YOUR MOM, DAD AND JOSH TO COMFORT THEM THROUGH THIS. FOR THE LAST YEAR I HAVE THOUGHT OF YOU IN IRAQ, GERMANY, WASHINGTON, CALIFORNIA, EVERYWHERE THAT YOU WENT. PRAYED FOR YOUR SAFE JOURNEY. EVERYONE IS IN AW OF YOUR LIFE! IT WAS SO SPLENDID. I GAVE YOU A GIFT WHEN YOU LEFT MN LAST SEPTEMBER. A COPY OF MY BOOK. WHISPERS FROM A DREAM. IN HOPES THAT WITH IT I COULD INSPIRE ONE PERSON. YOU ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT YOU LOVED MY BOOK AND YOU READ A PASSAGE EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU WERE IN IRAQ. YOU ALWAYS ASKED ME WHEN I WAS GOING OT GET MY BUT TO WORK ON MY SECOND ONE. WELL I WANT TO DEDICATE MY SECOND ONE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. PLEASE KNOW THAT MY SECOND POETRY BOOK IS ALL ABOUT THE LORD ALL MIGHTY. I ALWAYS ALWAYS PRAYED FOR YOU AND NOW YOU CAN BE THE ANGEL TO ALL OF US. HELP ME HONOR JONATHAN BY ADDING MEMORIES, THOUGHTS, LETTERS,PICTURES, ECT. TO MY BOOK. HE IS A SOLDIER THAT SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN FOR WHAT HE DID FOR HIS COUNTRY, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS. HE MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ME AS I KNOW HE DOES TO ALL OF YOU. HELP ME HONOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. WITH ALL MY LOVE SHANNON MENSSEN