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Prison Love: Hanging on or letting go Well, this seems to be a pretty sensitive subject to talk about today. First off, my thanks to those who have been emailing me recently about my blogs, and those who have asked how to support it. I actually should be writing more on these issues, but those of you...
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Boy has the last week and a half been super stressful. On Wednesday, September 16th, 2009, My husband was re-arrested at our home. I came home to him standing outside with the Sherriffs in handcuffs. I was so stunned and shocked at the same time, that my anxiety began to set in. The Sherriffs of the...
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Prison Adjustment pt3 So let’s see if we can finish this discussion on how to adjust your life with a loved one in prison. If you missed the first two parts, you will want to jump back and check those out. In the first part I identified three different modes of though that many of us may fall in...
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Prison Adjustment pt 2 Originally the title of this piece was much longer, but I shortened it to “Prison Adjustment”. I think I originally called it “Adjusting with a loved one in prison”, so if you read that one, this is the second part to that. What I want to try to do is touch...
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Help me, my son is in prison! Tonight I want to do something I have done a few times, and tonight I want to try to talk you through a problem. This blog is for anyone who has recently (or at any time) lost a loved one to the prison system. While the title says “son”, it can mean anybody you...
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Adjusting with a loved one in prison It’s just after 11am here as I sit here blogging… Oh by the way, I feel much better, thanks for the emails. For those that read a couple of my past blogs, you know I was feeling pretty beat-up a few days ago, with a neck ache, headache and kinda down...
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Prison Issues: Power of Writing Today it is just after 11am on a Labor Day, after a pretty hard night. Many of you read my blog on “Faith’s Breaking Point”, which I actually posted just after midnight. Last night was pretty rough, and I probably took the wrong medication for my neck...
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When faith hit’s the breaking point. I had no intentions of blogging today… But yet here I am. Not because of one situation, but rather several. One, I got a headache and neckache from sitting in on of our chairs today. I keep forgetting that that chair is like a torture chamber on my neck...
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Prison isolation isn’t always bad Well, we have a rainy Monday morning…awesome! I always liked rainy days, it seems kinda more mellow. At this time of year, it also means that we are about to step out of the summer and into fall. To me, that means cooler weather, college and pro football...
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Prison Talking: Fighting Discouragement Discouragement: To dishearten, to cause to lose hope or confidence Let’s talk about this for a bit folks. This seemed like a good subject to pull up, since it is something everybody faces one time or another, whether you are free, incarcerated, rich or poor...
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Prison Talking: To Support, One Must Care It is nearly midnight as I start this, but I think what I will do is blog a little now, rest and wake up tomorrow and finish it. Most times when I start a blog, I try to finish it, then post it, but I wanted to at least lay something down to get my thoughts in...
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The Cell Door is STILL Open Every now and then I have to pause between my blogs and take the time to remind people that I am still here to try to help, at least as best I can. I recently have been answering emails from those either with a loved one in prison, or some that are in some difficulties and...
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Prisons and Hurricanes Today I got up and checked the Weather Channel because of Hurricane Gustov, to see how things were going. There was a lot of very dreadful concerns about this hurricane in fear of what Katrina did only 3 years ago, almost to the day. I checked my email to see if I got any emails...
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When the heart is tried… I haven’t gotten back on my real rhythm of writing prison blogs, those of you who have followed my writings know that I can write a storm of issues in a short period of time. I have been sharing some of my older posts, so when you see “retro” beside the...
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Prison 101:Communication I wanted to spend some time talking about the importance of communication for those with a loved one in prison. I’ll get to that in a sec. Today after like 6 weeks of babysitting, my nephew finally went home…and I miss him. So I got my free time back to write, but...