Our beautiful neice Halie posted this note and picture on Facebook today. Another reminder of how much he was loved and the many lives Jordan touched.

For 19 years I was lucky enough to have known, and spent time with my amazing cousin Jordan Chartier. Many peoples lives have been changed forever after losing such an amazing person on July 30th of this year. Jordan was an academic, an athlete and an overall amazing person who valued family above all else. He was someone I looked up to and and aspired to be like in many ways. Before his cremation our family was blessed to be able to say goodbye to Jordan in a  very special way. Jordan was placed in a plywood box that we were able to sign with our messages to send with him. Earlier that day I had learned that Jordan spent one of his last nights at the lake star gazing. This happens to be one of my absolute favorite things to do in the summer. So on his box I drew stars, as many as I possibly could, so he could be surrounded by stars forever. Later after we had  left the funeral home, I looked at my hand to see a perfectly printed star. Ever since that moment I have known that I wanted it to be there forever. The perfect representation of my cousin and a reminder of the amazing person I was lucky enough to know. Today I made it permanent and got the little star tatooed on my wrist.

If you’ve made it all the way through this paragraph I have written; please take a moment out of your day to learn about mental illness. The goal is to raise awareness so that other families don’t have to go through  what our family has had to.

In loving memory of Jordan Chartier.