WELL.. THEY SAY TO KEEP MEMORIES ALIVE..SO HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES OF JONATHAN.. FIRST OF ALL I PICKED THIS SONG "GRIEVE" FROM "CITY OF ANGELS" AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS... ON THE PICTURES WE JUST LOADED IN IS ONE OF JONATHAN BY A WHITE MUSTANG.. I`M SURE YOU`VE HEARD THE STORY OF JONATHAN GOING TO THE PRICE IS RIGHT, WHEN HE WAS STATIONED AT CAMP PENALTON, CA.. WHILE IN THE MARINES..HE WAS CHOSE TO ESCORT SOME MOTHERS AND WIVES OF SOLDIERS.. AND OF COURSE THEY ARE GONNNA PICK A SOLDIER IN UNIFORM TO BE CHOSEN FOR CONTESTANTS ROW.. HE WON HIS WAY TO THE STAGE BY GUESSING THE CLOSEST TO THE PRICE.. WHICH WAS TWO LARGE OVER STUFFED CHAIRS WITH AN OTOMAN.. MY NIECE HAS THEM TO THIS DAY.. ANYWAYS HE PLAYED THE GAME AND ENDED UP WINNING A CAR, WHICH WAS A FORD CONTOUR.. HE WENT TO THE WHEEL TO SPIN TO GO TO THE SHOW CASE SHOW DOWN, AND WON THAT.. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT.. HE OVER BID BY ONLY A LITTLE OVER 100.00 AND THE OTHER PERSON ALSO OVER BID.. HE ALMOST WON BOTH SHOWCASES THOUGH.. BUT HE TOOK THAT FORD CONTOUR DOWN AND TRADED IT FOR THE NEW WHITE MUSTANG..ALSO THERE IS THAT AMERICAN FLAG IN THE BACK GROUND... AND I HAVE SUCH A VIVID MEMORY OF HIM IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CAR WITH THE CD PLAYING CITY OF ANGELS WITH THE SONG "FEELIN LOVE" BY PAULA COLE.. BUT IT WOULDN`T LET ME DOWN LOAD IT.. BUT THIS OTHER SONG " GRIEVE " I CHOSE.. AS I AM SO STILL GRIEVING.. DON`T KNOW IF I WILL EVER STOP.. BUT HE LOOKS SO HAPPY WITH THAT WHITE MUSTANG.. THEN THE PICTURE OF HIM STANDING BY THE BUS IN THE MARINES UNIFORM WAS ON HIS WAY DOWN THERE..BUT WHAT WAS FUNNY WHEN BOB BARKER WAS TALKING TO HIM.. EVERYTHING WAS YES SIR.. NO SIR.. YES SIR.. THEY WENT TO BREAK.. AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK.. BOB BARKER SAID "WHO DOES THIS YOUNG MAN LOOK LIKE?" HE SAID THE BARKER`S BEAUTIES SAID, AND HE ALSO AGREED THAT HE LOOKED LIKE GEORGE CLOONEY.. I HAD ALWAYS TOLD JONATHAN THAT! ONE WEEK AFTER JONATHAN`S MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT GEORGE CLOONEY WAS ALSO IN A BAD MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.. WEIRD HUH? BUT HE WAS QUITE THE LEGEND BACK IN RAYMOND WASHINGTON`S NEWS PAPER MAKING IT TO THE PRICE IS RIGHT AND WINNING A CAR...BUT THE CD CITY OF ANGELS ALWAYS REMINDED ME OF THAT CAR.. THEN THEIR IS THE PICTURE OF JONATHAN AND HIS DOG MIA..WE STILL HAVE HER.. HE LOVED HER SO MUCH.. SHE IS AN SIBERIAN HUSKY.. AND WE AGREED THAT THE DESERT IN CALIFORNIA SHE WOULD BE MISERABLE.. AS HER FUR IS SO THICK.. SHE IS REALLY AN ALASKAN DOG.. LOVES IT HERE IN THE SNOW.. THEN IF ANYONE KNEW JONATHAN THEY KNEW HE WAS AN AVID SEAHAWKS FAN... THIS WAS TAKEN WHEN HE RETURNED HOME FROM IRAQ.. HE BROUGHT HIS DAD A JERSEY AND WITH HIS ON THEY POSED IN FRONT OF OUR TREE THERE IN MINNESOTA WITH THE YELLOW RIBBON TIED TO OUR TREE.. THEN THEY WENT IN TO WATCH THE GAME... GOOD TIMES.. HE WAS THE BEST SON.. I LOVE EACH AND EVERYONE OF THESE SONGS.. BUT I THINK I`M AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WOULD HAVE TO BE THE ONE THAT IS SO REAL TO ME, CAUSE THAT WAS JONATHAN.. HE WAS SO PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN SOLDIER.. THEN WE WENT TO COLORADO AND JONATHAN MET US AT THE AIRPORT IN UNIFORM.. TALK ABOUT PROUD PARENTS!THEN THE FINAL ONE WE CHOSE WAS AT CHURCH ALL DRESSED UP..JONATHAN OUR BABY BOY.. SO HANDSOME SO WONDERFUL.. AND NOW GONE.. I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND.. BUT I DO KNOW I WILL HONOR HIM THE REST OF MY LIFE.. AND I DO PLAN TO SEE HIM AGAIN ONE DAY.. BUT UNTIL THEN I GRIEVE! I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT ONE OF MY FRIENDS JUST DID.. SHE WAS LIKE A SECOND MOM TO JONATHAN.. SHE LIVES IN RAYMOND WASH.. I WORKED WITH HER IN A PHARMACY FOR 10 YEARS.. SO WE WERE REALLY CLOSE.. SHE WAS AT THE FUNERAL AND TOOK HIS DEATH SO HARD.. HER NAME IS SHELLY.. JONATHAN`S BIRTHDAY WAS THE 25TH OF OCT.. SHELLY`S WAS OCT.31ST.. SHE WENT TO VEGAS FOR HER BIRTHDAY.. SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS GONNA TAKE JONATHAN TO COYOTE UGLY.. WELL SHE PUT HIM UP ON THE WALL OF HONOR.. SHE SAID THAT IN THAT WILD PLACE, PEOPLE STOPPED WITH RESPECT AND SHED TEARS DUE TO HIS STORY.. SOME GUYS WERE ON LEAVE THAT WERE THERE.. AND WITH HONOR THEY DID SOME SOLDIERS CALL AND SALUTED JONATHAN.. SHELLY SAID THAT THERE WAS ALOT OF TEARS.. THANK YOU SHELLY, AS YOU ALSO TOOK BALLOONS AND A CANDLE AND A CARD TO HIS GRAVE ON HIS BIRTHDAY... THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIEND.. I LOVE YOU.. AND JONATHAN LOVES YOU.. LINDA, JONATHAN`S MOM FOREVER