by Christine | Feb 9, 2024 | Blog, Podcast
Grief is a universal feeling that comes with the loss of a loved one, but it can also come from the loss of the life you thought you were going to live. In this episode of A Place of YES, Heather Straughter chats with Lizzy. Lizzy’s daughter has special needs...
by Heather Straughter | Feb 2, 2024 | Blog, Letters to Jakey
Dear Jakey, The last few weeks, or maybe month, I have been inundated with thoughts, conversations, and different ideas about grief. I have talked more about you in the last month, and to more people, than I have in the previous few years. It is not that I didn’t talk...
by Webmaster | Jan 22, 2024 | Blog, Podcast
“We are living every day with the fact that our son died, that our son who was supposed to be alive is not. There’s no easy way around that,” host Heather Straughter said. Heather was 36 when her four-year-old son Jake suddenly died. She thought it would destroy...
by Heather Straughter | Jan 16, 2024 | Blog, Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, I found a video today of you on an old digital Canon camera. It was quite an ordeal to get the battery charged so that I could see what was on it and then once I got the camera turned on it took me a while to figure out how to scroll through the pictures...
by Heather Straughter | Dec 30, 2023 | Blog, Letters to Jakey, Podcast
Dear Jakey, After a 7 year hiatus, I returned to writing to you earlier this month. It was done away from this blog and really gave me a chance to think about all the things that these letters meant to me and why I stopped writing. It was like dipping your toe in the...
by Heather Straughter | Dec 8, 2023 | Blog, Letters to Jakey
Dear Jakey, The last letter I wrote you was 12.2.16. Hard to believe. I don’t know why I stopped other than I think it hurt too much. It went from being my way of connecting with you to a constant reminder that you were gone. I kept telling myself I would restart but...
