I stand back… as does everyone else in the room because it is impossible not to notice… and give him some space to let him go through whatever is happening on the other side of that phone. Eventually he lets the phone go… just drop from his ear… hanging from the phone itself… and he […]
Well… I kneel down to wrap up a week of lovely lock downs over here at the beach. The week started out normal but by Tuesday afternoon… a combination of standard prison “incidents” mixed with “Officer Appreciation Week” caused the compound to be locked down most of the week. I was unaware that the BOP
Moments of joy. I am constantly seeking these ever elusive genuine moments of bliss behind the gates and when I witness one of the other guys having his “moment”… ironically… it transports me into one as well. I think the reality of life incarcerated is such a bleak and gray existence most of the time…
I was having a conversation with one of the older guys in here this past week… he is leaving in June after serving 9+ years… and he was talking to me about things he has learned and more specifically… aspects of life in here that he wants me to either adopt or stop doing. There
One of the hardest parts of this whole journey is discovering and then ultimately accepting the fact that once you are behind these walls… you have very little (if any) control of anything in your life that is outside the gates. It is a tough pill to swallow and one that many guys in here
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Interesting revelation over here this week. So… it is my youngest son’s birthday next Tuesday and this has historically been a really hard time for me throughout this journey. I was arrested 17 days before his 1st birthday and then have lived behind these walls for every birthday since then… which has understandably weighed extremely
As I kneel down to write this week and reflect on the past 7 days… I find myself thinking about what happened… what stood out… what caught my attention or held my thoughts and the main ‘lightbulb’ that keeps turning on is simply but genuinely… gratitude. I started the week with a great visit from
There are conversations that I have in here… behind these wired gates that seem so easily penetrated but hold such power over all of our lives… that grab and clamp down… almost taking my breathe away. I had one of these conversation this past week. I have had the pleasure of getting close with one
Weather lockdown?? I think that may be a new one over here at T.I. but that is what we experienced this past weekend. It started raining late Friday night and by the time everyone woke up Saturday morning… we were literally and figuratively… on an island. No phones… no computer… no visiting… no yard… nothing.
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Well this past week was one of those weeks where I look up and all of the sudden… it’s Friday. I always find it interesting when I have weeks such as this one in here… when life just becomes life and there is no overwhelming emotion one way or another… just livin’ the best and
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