Dear
Jordan,
You
were prepared to pay the ultimate price in the service of your country - our country. I
admire you for that. In many respects, the price you’ve paid, and continue to
pay on a daily basis, is steeper still than you were prepared for. Every day
you put down a deposit that most of us will never consider making.
However,
judging from what I’ve read about you so far and heard you speak of in the Ride
to the Flags (RTTF) video, you are squeezing every benefit you can manage from
surviving a horrendous Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), the loss of a leg, and the
loss of much of the use of your right arm: you have a wife and two kids who are
amazing in and of themselves and more so with you at their side; you are waging
a continued fight for your wounded comrades and speaking on their behalf; you
are a better father, husband, and friend (your words).
It’s
funny though – from the perspective on old unpaid writer, your benefits look
like a lot of work. I admire you for that.
It
will be my honor to ride for you on 9/11 in the RTTF. I’ve been stirred by the
9/11 commemoration at Naval Base Ventura County - Pt. Mugu in the past and getting to know
you through the various media sources will make it that much more poignant for
me. Thank you.
Speaking of ‘thank you’, I don’t think I can find sufficient
ways to say it for the amount of sacrifice you are making. I guess I will just
need to keep trying, keep praying, and keep looking – looking for the
opportunity to thank you and your comrades.
Keep the iron
side up.
Respectfully
submitted,
Jerry ‘Shakespeare’
White
Iron Side Up Riders fundraising page:
https://ridetotheflags.funraise.org/team/iron-side-up-riders
EOD2 Jordan Stevenson video:
