Dear Jakey, Usually when I write to you I have a real purpose - something real specific I want to share with you. Today I have nothing specific but the overwhelming desire to try to connect with you in any way I can. I have our routines and all that but I have such a...

Dear Jakey, Yesterday I wore a shirt that I have worn many times but as I was folding laundry I looked up and over our bed is that big canvas of the four of us last Easter (2010). And it that picture I was wearing the shirt I was wearing yesterday. And I was holding...

Dear Jakey, I sort of don't know where to start. I just know I have so much to tell you and as we plug along here on Earth it remains so hard. Life happens in waves now and it isn't always easy to ride them out. We did a lot of work this weekend on your grave....

Dear Jakey, I hope you enjoyed your show this afternoon. Your brother never ceases to amaze me. He slept late today so I couldn't take him to see you before soccer. Then after lunch he wanted to know if I had seen you and when I told you I did he was mad that I saw...

Dear Jakey, We are home from Cali and from all travels for a few weeks. Next stop is Plum Island which I can't help but be a bit of a nutcase about. I am excited to go there because for the last 4 summers it has been such a part of our family tradition. I love our...

Dear Jakey, So, our CA visit is coming to an end.It is weird because I have missed you, but in such a different way than I expected. I thought it would be another bittersweet change where I fought the internal battle between having fun and being sad, but it wasn't...

Dear Jakey, We went to Montreal this past weekend. It was pretty amazing. And I mostly did okay. Sunday before we left we walked all around Old Montreal, which was really your Montreal. We went to Notre Dame and I swear while I was standing in the back and mass was...

Dear Jakey, Happy 4th of July in Heaven buddy. It is funny how so many things this year are so wrapped up in you. And the more time that passes, the harder it gets. Our transition to summer hasn't been easy. It is so hard navigating life without you here. What has...

Dear Jakey, The strangest thing just happened. I was washing dishes -  thinking about you. Daddy had just dropped us off from lunch. He called on his way up from Albany and asked if we wanted to meet for a quick lunch and we did. It was a nice treat, but of course ,it...

Dear Jakey, Your momma has a new show she is obsessed with. NY INK. And I am a little obsessed with Ami James. I somehow missed the boat the first time around with Miami Ink but I am now 100% in. And I just watched the premiere episode which I found on On Demand...