by Heather Straughter | May 4, 2012 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, I woke up this morning very very early. I refused to look at the clock because I instinctively knew what time it was. When I finally did look, it was moments past 4:35 and I knew the reason I was awake. It was 6 years ago that you came into my life –...
by Heather Straughter | May 1, 2012 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, It is May 1st. Your birthday is Friday. I can’t wrap my head around you as a 6-year-old. It seems so old to me as your Mommy but then it seems so young because your gone. It was just a the last two weeks that I was feeling you everywhere and I hung...
by Heather Straughter | Apr 28, 2012 | Events
In addition to the incredible support from our local community, Jake’s Help From Heaven would like to extend a formal thank you for the generous donations we have received from two others. First, we are so grateful and proud to be one of the recipients of the...
by Heather Straughter | Apr 18, 2012 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, You should see the house. It is like a JHFH storage unit right now. We have had two deliveries in the last week and three more in the coming days. And the fundraiser is less than three weeks away. And it all keeps me so busy. Today I was in Albany to pick...
by Heather Straughter | Apr 12, 2012 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, I visited with Briana yesterday. And it was fun, just the way it always is. We gossip and chat and laugh and it is just easy. I can never be there without picturing you on her couch. Either sleeping or making those funny faces as Ava, Dean and your brother...