Queen.

I realize that this is my second consecutive blog post commemorating someone, which can be perceived as sad and depressing, but I don't care because Jordan Queen is worth remembering and honoring.  November 9th, 2011 was a day that shook the community of Gordon Lee and Chickamauga, GA forever.  When I got the phone call that Queen had suddenly passed away in a car accident, I didn't know what to do.  I went straight to Oakwood Baptist, where most of the community had gone to pray and be with one another.  Everyone had the same look on their faces as if a part of them had forever been taken away.

It was not easy seeing friends and acquaintances with constant tears rolling down their eyes, but I soon joined them.  The next day, we all wore black to honor Jordan at the school.  Everyone gradually went to his parking spot and just stood there.  Crying, hugging one another, not really knowing what to do.  I found myself comforting others and being comforted by people with whom I hardly ever made eye contact with on the way to class.

As with my uncle, whenever Jordan comes to mind, which is very often, the pain is still very fresh.  Whenever I think about him, it's as if I'm finding out for the first time that he's not wrestling anymore, or goofing off with his friends during break.  It still doesn't seem real, but nonetheless we have to honor him and give our all at everything we do because that's what he did every day.

Everyone that knew Queen loved him and wanted to be around him all the time.  He was always singing random songs in weight training (with Harlley), and I often played four square with them during that class.  He always put so much spin on the ball that by the time it bounced in my square and my attention span caught up to what was happening, it had bounced to the other side of the gym!  I never really hung out with him very often, but the times I did, he was great company.  He told me randomly a few days before his birthday at school in the commons that his birthday was November 5.  He was wearing that goofy smile that he always had and I remember just smiling and saying, "haha.  Ok, Queen!"

Yeah, it sucks that he isn't graduating from GL this year and that we don't see him daily as we did before, but what's most important is that we know where he is.  And we all know that he wants us to give our all in everything we do, and to always be positive because he always did those two things.  And what better way to honor him than to be happy and live your life, just like he did?