One Year Later…A Tribute to Jadyn

As many of you know, Jadyn loved everything California! Hollywood, movie stars, music, skater boys, Universal Studios, ect. While we had been there many times, she was particularly looking forward to starting Biola University this Fall.  So we find ourselves here in Cali today honoring her life!These are the things we remember about her today…

COMPASSION: When JJ and I went to New York, instead of shopping or running to see the Statue of Liberty, she just walked around the streets of Manhattan giving all her spending money away to the homeless.

LOYAL: Jadyn loved her family and friends with a fierce love. If anyone hurt them, she had no problem planning their demise.(literally)

TENACIOUS: Even after all the years of not being able to keep up in dance, she was determined to dance to the very end. As many of you may remember, her anthem was “Max Out, Pass Out”.

FIERY: Jadyn was not a fun person to cross. You never wanted to get on her bad side. I know from experience!

GOOFY: Jadyn loved meeting and getting to know “unique” people. In fact for her, the stranger the better. Maybe that is why she and Troy got along so well!

FUNNY: Jadyn wanted to get a laugh out of everybody at all times.  She loved doing stand up comedy with an audience.  The O.R. nurse told me that she was cracking them up even as she was going under anesthesia.  Anytime she went in the operating room, she would entertain the entire staff until the last possible second!

CREATURES: Jadyn loved and named all the animals, including a flying squirrel and bird who found their way into our home. (Bandit the flying squirrel, and Speckles the bird) However, all spiders were removed carefully from her room and released in our front yard.

Below is the last verse I texted Jadyn shortly before she ran ahead to Heaven…