JORDAN CHRISTIAN RIGGS

As I sit here, at 12:53 am the night before a HUGE final, I thought I'd check in on my brother's blog before getting a little shut eye & this is what I found.
I love you and I am SO proud, happy, excited, i'm a lot of things!
God is good!

family.

family. there is so much that i could say about my family, but the first thing i would say is that i am very blessed to have been born into the family i have. not only are we a good looking group of people but every single member of is motivated beyond what you could ever think or imagine and God has blessed each one of us with gifts that i see being used more and more frequently as i have grown up.
my brother is 20 years old and lives in california where he attends brookes institute of photography and is majoring in film. my brother has always been the creative one out of the two of us! the most memorable moments i have in my life involve my brother and some crazy stunt he tried to pull when we were little. my brother is intelligent in life and in choices and for that i admire him. his heart is buried in the Lord and you can tell that by the way that he lives his life. he reaches for the stars and it's been amazing to see him actually catch them.
my daddy is another amazing man, literally he is the best, i feel sorry for my future husband who has to live up to my father. you want to meet a man who lives every single day to honor God, meet my daddy. as long as i've been alive, and even longer, my dad has been a pastor. people have always looked up to my father, and so have i. he has a stern hand and it has not been until recently that i can say thank you to my father for raising me the way that he did. i've only become a better woman for it. i've come to terms with the fact that my dad and i are a lot alike, and the more i think about it, the more i am proud to hold that title. not only is my daddy stern and responsible he is the craziest man you will ever meet. all my friends in high school would just come over my house to hang out with my dad. my dad used to take me to school everyday in high school and pick me up when the day was through, and as annoyed as i would get with him everyday at 6:45 am i would look forward to those times that i would spend bonding with my father. my favorite memories with my father still include, the beatles, a car, bad singing, and horrible lyrics!
my mommy is someone who i can call my best friend. i've been saying that for awhile but i dont think that it has really come true until this past year. the best advice i have ever gotten has come from my mom and the best laughs i have enjoyed have been with my mother as well. my mom has always been the type of person to tell it to you like it is. she's never been one to beat around the bush or hold her tongue, i think i get that from her, and for that i thank her! there have been many times when that characteristic has made me angry in some way but the more i look back at i thank my mom for making me go back upstairs to change my clothes. she is an amazing writer and has a beautiful voice. remembering back to the times she would read me goodnight moon still makes me tired.
thank you jordan christian riggs for being my brother. thank you for calling me stupid when i ask you for ridiculous advice but loving me enough to let me make those mistakes i can learn from.
daddy, thank you for raising me the way you did. thank you for the times that we would clash heads and you would just let me win an argument just because you knew there was no point in arguing. thank you for letting me make those mistakes and not saying i told you so when i came back to you crying.
mommy, thank you for being my mother when i was growing up, but being my friend now that we can be. thank you for listening to all my crazy stories and saying "that sucks" when it is needed.
i love you all!
alexandra leigh riggs

RIP Mojo.

A dear friend to a lot of Eastern students passed away this last Thursday night in a car accident. He was 21 years old and a great friend, with a contagious smile which never left his face. There is a sadness that hoovers our campus but a happiness as well. As I sat with a few friends last night we just talked about all the good times we had with him. All the parties we went to and how he's mad that we are crying down here because we know that in heaven he is "having a blast" as one friend stated. We may have lost a friend, but we gained an angel. Watch out of us Mojo!


I must say that this accident did cause a change in my life. Life is full of surprises, and you never know what is going to happen tomorrow. That is why it is important to live for today. Don't focus on what might change tomorrow, but don't go to bed a night being angry with someone or even having one regret. God has given us the chance to live our lives, not be afraid of it! Thank you Mojo for teaching us the smaller but more important lessons of life! We love you

One love,
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