I haven’t been able to get the notion of health out of my mind this week… I guess I’m still riding the wave of my thoughts from the week prior but I seem to mentally wander into the idea of ‘social health’ every time I slow down a bit and am left with my thoughts. […]
“Where would I be without you… I only think about you… I know you’re tired of bein’ lonely… So babygirl… Put It On Me… Yeah… Yeah”. Ahhh…. Ja Rule in the late 90s and early 2000’s holds such a stronghold in my memory. Every single time I hear “Put It On Me” or “Mesmerize” or
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It is extremely rare these days for me to experience a “prison event” behind these walls that I have not come in contact with during my stay here. This is a very good thing because new is certainly not better when it relates to prison. You want your days to run smoothly… your program to
Okay… so I won’t bore you with the lack of communication and email access this week over here because… as I have said… it is all part of the journey that I cannot control so I will shed some tears and give you some ‘boo-hoo’s and now that that is done… here we go. Reading.
You know that feeling on Sunday night… you just got everything “done” for the day and it’s the time of the evening when the check list is all checked and the only thing consuming your thoughts is your plan for the week ahead. You can picture Monday morning… what time you’re going to wake up…
Natural disasters… war time tragedies… terror attacks… horrific car accidents… mass shootings. These events are life changing… life ending… absolutely devastating situations that all have one thing in common… after said event… “we” as a society cannot help ourselves but to immediately start to point the finger at a group that we don’t belong. We
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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