jacky, where do i start.....i guess you and i just clicked from the get-go, but then who didn't "click" with you. you were one of the happiest, purest souls i've ever known and, of course, EVERYONE you met, loved you! your laugh was infectious, your stories one of a kind and your kindness, unmatched. i think you could have made friends with hitler, had you had ever met him. i loved the singing voicemails i would get from you, not only on my birthday, but the ones that were just for no reason at all. fortunately, i saved a number of them and have listened to them over and over, so as just to hear your voice. you have no idea how much you touched my life jacky. you were a true friend, an uncle, a father, whatever you want to call it. we might not have had the same blood running through our veins, but we both agreed, we were family. i am so incredibly grateful for the time i did have with you, because i'm certain that i will never have someone in my life, like you, again.

these past few weeks without you have been so incredibly empty and as the weeks have gone on without our weekly phone calls, its only gotten more difficult. i miss you sooo much, and i just wish we could have had more time with you, but then, i don't think any of us could have ever had enough time with you, jack.

i'll love you always
and don't you worry, i will, as always, be thinking of you
and of course i will come back and write more, you know me, i have alot to say

love,
your sweet little emily girl