by Heather Straughter | Feb 4, 2014 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey,I feel a little lame writing to you again because it seems as though I have only written to you when I get myself all fired up. And I really want to write to you all the time but sometimes, most times, I just don’t make the time. And I guess it goes...
by Heather Straughter | Feb 2, 2014 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey,Once again, way more time has passed than I would have thought. Much more. The last letter I wrote you was on the 3 year anniversary of your passing. Sometimes I call it when you left. When I say that, most people think its weird. I guess it is weird but I...
by Heather Straughter | Dec 8, 2013 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey,So today has come and now it is almost over. As this day approaches it brings about so many different feelings: anticipation mixed with dread, anxiety combined with melancholy and a need to simultaneously make time slow down and speed up. We went to...
by Heather Straughter | Dec 3, 2013 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, I started this letter to you on Sunday with the intentions of writing an optimistic and positive letter. I got about 3 lines in and I quit. And tonight I erased them. It just feels entirely inauthentic to write about being thankful at this time of year....
by Heather Straughter | Nov 26, 2013 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey,Wow, a lot of time has passed. More time than I am comfortable with but that is the strange thing about this new life of mine. There is no real ability to slow down the passage of time. I think I depended on you for that. You helped me and us know when to...
by Heather Straughter | Jun 27, 2013 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, Life doesn’t get any easier without you. I keep thinking it will but it doesn’t. We just got back from another trip. We went to see Sarena and spent the weekend with her in San Francisco and then we went to Las Vegas. On our very first night we...
