by Heather Straughter | Jul 22, 2012 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey,Thursday night you were in my dream. It was the first time in a long time that you were there and the first time in a very long time that it was a good dream. Not just a different version of the death dream. Anyways, you were you. You were cute as a button...
by Heather Straughter | Jul 10, 2012 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, I wonder what it is like on your end. I talk and talk and talk to you all day long in my head. And I feel like you hear but I wonder what it is like for you. I have been struggling on some sort of almost existential level with death. I can’t stop...
by Heather Straughter | Jun 28, 2012 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey,Another kid died. And another family is enduring the hardest and most god awful thing that can happen to a family. The thing is that almost 19 months have passed and I find myself thinking about the day you died all the time. And I think about all the...
by Heather Straughter | Jun 23, 2012 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, There are so many different things I want to write about. So many different letters have been written in my head lately but none have made it out of my head. Unlike when you first died, things are just much more muted. It isn’t the raw emotion of...
by Heather Straughter | Jun 7, 2012 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, Not a lot has changed since I wrote you last. Although if at all possible, I feel like I just talk to you even more. Sometimes, I feel a little crazy because you truly are my sounding board for everything – and it can’t be an easy task...
by Heather Straughter | May 24, 2012 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, I am both sad and frustrated that I haven’t written to you in ten days. I know you understand since I have been writing so many letters over and over in my head and I know you hear them. But it seems like I can’t stop repeating them in my head...
