by Heather Straughter | Nov 3, 2015 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, I still get overwhelmed by the loss in the world. Some days, it seems that no matter where you look people are living in the world of grief. I don’t know the degree to which I noticed it before your death. Of course, I felt the tragedy that others...
by Heather Straughter | Oct 29, 2015 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, I feel a little like we were in a fight. Not really a real fight. More of a secret fight. You remember those don’t you? The ones I get in with people when I know that it’s mostly me being annoyed by things I shouldn’t be. The ones that...
by Heather Straughter | Jul 1, 2015 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, Sometimes I feel like I have it all under control but then it becomes quite clear that I don’t. I have been in a fog since we came back from California and while I first blamed it on jet lag, it has been clear that it is something more. Maybe it was...
by Heather Straughter | May 6, 2015 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, Onwards through the fog. I woke up this morning thinking about that phrase. And I tried to remember when I first heard it or started saying it. It makes me think that it was a lifetime ago, maybe back when I was 20 and first started working at Zoland...
by Heather Straughter | Apr 14, 2015 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, Wow, I did it again. I let an absurd amount of time go by between letters and I have been procrastinating this one for too long. So much has happened that I wanted to tell you about. So many things: happy and sad yet I never made the time. I don’t...
by Heather Straughter | Dec 8, 2014 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, So today’s the day. A pit in my stomach arrives at some point before this day comes. And then the day comes and for the last four years we have spent this time away. The first year we went to Lake Placid and the following years we have come to...
