LETTER TO JARED

TODAY I STARTED A LETTER TO JARED-MEANING THAT BOBBIE JO DICTATED AND I WROTE. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO GIVE HIM A LETTER ON HIS WEDDING DAY OF SOME OF BOBBIE JO'S MEMORIES OF HIM. I TOLD HER THAT THIS WAS THE HARDEST TIME IN HER LIFE, AND PERHAPS SHE SHOULD WRITE THESE THINGS DOWN FOR HIM, SO THAT WE CAN REMEMBER THE COURAGE AND INDURANCE OF THIS STRUGGLE. YOU KNOW THE YEARS DIM THE MEMORIES OF THE PAIN BUT NOT THE SWEETNESS OF LIFE AND ALL OF IT'S JOYS. AS WE TALKED OF EACH MEMORY OF JARED'S LIFE, ANOTHER ONE WOULD COME UP AND WE WOULD LAUGH. HE WILL TREASURE THIS COLLECTION, AND TELL HIS OWN CHILDREN. I AM HOME FOR MOST OF THE DAY, BMARTIN HAD TO GO TO THE DENTIST AND THEN HE CAME UP TO SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY WITH BOBBIE JO. HE WAS SO SWEET, HE CALLED AND SAID, "I AM ON MY WAY UP THERE, YOU CAN CALL MARTIN AND HAVE HIM PICK YOU UP IF YOU WANT." I TOLD HIM THAT I DIDN'T MIND STAYING, AND HE SAID, "NO, REALLY I DON'T MIND A BIT IF YOU GO." SO I SAID, "SO, YOU WANT ME TO GO?" HE SAID, "YES, GO!" SO I SAID, " YOUR'E SURE?" HE SAID, "ADIOS!" I AM BEGINNING TO THINK HE WANTS SOME QUALITY TIME WITH HER! SO, HOME I CAME, GRACIOUSLY GIVEN A RIDE BY REBECCA GALAGHER, WHO WAS VISITING AT THE TIME, AND HAD LUNCH WITH MY MARTIN. I WAS BEGINNING TO FORGET WHO HE IS! I SAW HIM AT THE PARTY, BUT HE WAS BEHIND A HUGE KNIFE, SLICING BRISKET, AND LATER I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF HIM, CUTTING CAKE, AND EVEN LATER, I CAUGHT THE SIGHT OF HIS BACKSIDE CHASING KIDS DOWN THE HALL AND ROARING LIKE A MONSTER, THE CHILDREN SQUEALING IN DELIGHTED FRIGHT! SO, WHEN I GOT HOME TODAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, HE WAS SLEEPING AND JUMPED UP AND SAID, "GET 'EM BUSTER!" WELL HECK, THAT MADE ME FEEL RIGHT AT HOME! HE SAID, "OH SWEETIE, I HAVE TO GO TO WORK" AND I TOLD HIM IF HE EVEN MOVED TOWARD THAT TRUCK, HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO DRIVE WITH HIS FEET BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO TEAR OFF BOTH OF HIS ARMS AND BEAT HIM WITH THEM! SO HE ASKED ME WHAT I HAD IN MIND, AND I SAID, "LUNCH". "LUNCH?" HE SAID IN CONFUSION, AND I SAID "YES, LUNCH!" HE SAID, "WITH ME?" AND I SAID, "YEAH, WITH YOU, REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO HAVE FOOD TOGETHER?" SO, WE WENT TO WHATABURGER, AND FOR A FEW SHORT MOMENTS, WE CONCENTRATED ON A FISH BURGER, FRIES, A PATTY MELT, FRIES AND TWO LARGE DIET COKES, WITH EASY ICE. THEN, REALITY CAME BACK AND WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID, "IT WAS NICE, SEE YOU NEXT TIME!" JUST KIDDING, BUT WE HAVE BEEN MISSING EACH OTHER IN THE SCHEDULE- ME THERE ALL DAY, HIM AT HOME WORKING ON THE HOUSE, HIM GOING TO WORK, ME COMING HOME TO AN EMPTY HOUSE. IT IS WORTH IT THOUGH, AND I AM GLAD WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. SO, TILL TOMORROW, LOVE, NANA