I simply cannot process the devastation that I have been unable to look away from on the news this past week due to the horrific fires throughout Los Angeles. As I look at the images of entire communities that were thriving on Tuesday morning and completely wiped out… like non-existent on Wednesday night… the only […]
Ahh a new year. A new opportunity for growth… to turn the page and start a fresh chapter and personally… another calendar year closer to breathing the free air outside these gates with my boys and my ‘tribe’. The new year is a time to reflect… to take a look at the 365 behind us
Well… there has been a bit of an “incident” over here in F Unit that has caused the entire unit (which I happen to call home) to be locked down over the past few days meaning no visits… no calls… no emails… no TV… no nothing. We have transitioned to “modified lockdown” through New Years
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Christmas music is playing throughout the ranges of the units and at work… the lobby is decorated with festive wrapping paper and a nice (well… nice-ish) little Christmas tree sits glowingly by the front door. The mood is festive and warm and here I am… embracing another holiday season in prison. It is still a
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We love our burgers and fries. It is no secret… I mean drive around LA for a day and check out the ridiculous lines at every single In & Out Burger… there is something about those beef patties and crunchy potatoes that just make us happy. And it is no different in here. Burger day
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And just like that… another birthday passes behind these gates. This one was different though…. in a good way. As I woke up the morning of my birthday… I felt good… I felt the warmness of gratitude that has bled over from the week prior and I thought to myself… “today is going to be
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Thanksgiving was good this year. I woke up with a breath of peace. A massive sense of gratitude and that lovely feeling of… just knowing… believing… that everything is going to be alright. It must be said that under these emotions was the ever present nagging of missing a piece of myself… as if I
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“Hi Daddy! Hang on… Hang on…” (I hear rustling and a moment of silence) “You still there?” “Yeah buddy… I’m here.” “Okay… okay… hang on Daddy just hang on one second…” I hear my oldest say as he seems to be looking for something. “Okay. I’m back. I just needed to set up my talking
I was spinning laps around the track this past Wednesday talking to one of the “homeboys” in here… well… let me clarify. I was spinning laps around the track getting ‘talked at’ by one of the “homeboys” this past Wednesday. He was going on and on about how he was getting out soon and the
I will not get too deep into the weeds on the election or my feelings regarding the outcome of said election because that is not the protagonist in the movie this week. But what I will say is that the outcome put a massive mirror up to the American people… to our values… to our