Dear Jakey, I just now got so overwhelmed that you are gone that I had to come write you immediately. I was in the office with my ipod practicing Drops of Jupiter, laughing at how horrible I sound and wondering how some people can be so talented and some so miserably...

Dear Jakey, There are times when I just don't think I can possibly miss you more. I am in the midst of one of those times now. I wonder if I will ever really get used to you being gone. And I don't think I can. And I have said it before, I am pretty sure that I don't...

Dear Jakey, Some days just are so hard without you here. I worked on some photo books today - got two done. It will take some time to get caught up but I am feeling the need to do this before school starts. Sometimes I feel guilty taking pictures now because it just...

Dear Jakey, We got home today. And of course the first we did was go see you. As we were approaching, I couldn't help but be so sad. And it caught me off guard. I spent so much time thinking about leaving home, about going to Plum Island and being there without you....

Dear Jakey, Bittersweet does not even begin to describe this week here at Plum Island. I can't thank you enough for your visit Sunday morning - having not seen sight of another cardinal since then I truly believe  that it was you coming to assure me that being here...

Dear Jakey, I have been watching Ethan sleep for the last few days. His lips start to pout and he looks so incredibly peaceful. It has stopped me in my tracks for about a week and it wasn't until Saturday morning that I figured out what it is. He always looked cute...

Dear Jakey, What a week, my little man. I miss you so much through all of it. This week has been hard, and I had a bunch of those times when I think about last year. Sarena is here and it makes me think of the things we did last summer. And things we did this week...

Dear Jakey, Yesterday was 8 months. And it was quite a day. Each one of these milestones hit me different and yesterday was real emotional. And everywhere I went yesterday your puzzle wouldn't stop playing. And I chose to think of it as your way of keeping close to...

Dear Jakey, I have been dying to write you for days but I have noticed that sometimes it gets even harder to keep you in the loop. And then I had another one of my epiphanies. As each month goes by it seems like there are a couple of weeks where I do okay and then as...

Dear Jakey, All of a sudden today I had one of those moments where I saw something that was so you and it made me so sad. We were walking around and there was a man, a much older man in a wheelchair. He looked nothing like you, he was at least 60 years old. And from...