WELL, IT'S NOW BEEN 11 YRS. SINCE YOU RAN YOUR LAST CALL. EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I WROTE THAT DOWN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S STILL AS FRESH TODAY AS IT WAS 11 YRS. AGO. SO MUCH HAS CHANGED, YET SOME THINGS STAY THE SAME - SO, IT SEEMS. IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT ~ YET AGAIN...IT'S JUST HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE. I'VE HEARD IT FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE SAY: IT'S LIKE THEY'RE ON VACATION AND YOU EXPECT 'EM TO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR ANY MINUTE....I'VE THOUGHT THAT NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEN THOUGHT THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THAT WAY. GUESS NOT. I ALSO WORRY THAT I'M GOING TO FORGET WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE AND THAT IF I SHOULD CHANGE (LOSE WEIGHT, CHANGE MY HAIR IN ANY WAY) THAT YOU WON'T RECOGNIZE ME WHEN I ''GET THERE''. THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU COME VISIT ME IN MY DREAMS MORE OFTEN THAN WHAT YOU DO. I'VE HAD HAND SURGERY (LAST MONTH) AND IT'S A SLOW GO ON 'EM HEALING. I'VE GOT A ''VALLEY'' IN MY LEFT HAND. MY RIGHT HAND IS DOING MUCH BETTER. I THOUGHT YOU WOULD VISIT ME (WHILE BEING ''OUT") WHEN I HAD MY SURGERY, BUT...I DIDN'T GET ONE. WE PLAN ON SENDING A FEW SKY LANTERNS YOUR WAY...HOPE YOU SEE 'EM AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE FOR YOU.
WELL, WE JUST TRIED TO DO THE SKY LANTERNS AND THEY DIDN'T WORK...I'LL TRY IT AGAIN TOMORROW......
AS ALWAYS, I LOVE AND MISS YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY. WISH YOU WERE HERE INSTEAD! TAKE CARE AND WATCH OVER US UNTIL WE GET THERE ~ ONE BY ONE.
LOVE YOU MY JARRETT~ALWAYS, MAMA