by Heather Straughter | Nov 4, 2014 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, I write to you today from a happy place, a truly happy place. Today has been an extraordinarily good day for me. And not for anything particularly exciting just from a sense of contentment in all aspects of my life. I guess I often find myself feeling good...
by Heather Straughter | Oct 26, 2014 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, I wonder why I do it. Why I read so many books about people dying and why I watch movies when I know people die. I do it a lot. And today, as I was watching The Fault of Our Stars I came up with the answer. Every time I wrap my self up in someone...
by Heather Straughter | Aug 17, 2014 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey,We are starting our second week on PI. Sarena left early this morning. I find myself thinking about you in so many ways. So many memories of our life together. I remember our 2nd and 3rd summers here at 81 Northern (which is just up the driveway from where...
by Heather Straughter | Aug 10, 2014 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey,We are in Plum Island. It is our 8th year, our 4th without you. I know you would like our house so much and I can kind of feel you near. It’s the same house as last year and I can’t imagine being anywhere else, except maybe the house we were in...
by Heather Straughter | Aug 1, 2014 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey, Over a month has passed since my last letter. I have had an ongoing list of things to write you about. Things like our Greenridge family, about people we know, about my new Jeep and about our cardinal games. All these things are so important for me to tell...
by Heather Straughter | Jun 18, 2014 | Letters to Jakey, Uncategorized
Dear Jakey,It’s funny how sometimes life just moves so fast. I don’t know if it has to do with getting older or what but I seem to get sucked into the vortex of time passing by. The days kind of blur together in the chaos of daily life. And I try to stop...
