This week… I wanted to share a little “day in the life” story… Over the course of this journey I have been pleasantly surprised time and time again by the ways in which guys in here find their light within the darkness. Most of the time… as I have written about… it coincides with a […]
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My oldest starts Kindergarten tomorrow! Okay… I will start with the selfish banter that has been consuming my thoughts this past week. I want to be there… I want to be there so f*cking badly. I want to wake up early and have a special breakfast ready for him in the morning. I want to
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T.I. We have a problem! I woke up Saturday morning just as I always do on the weekends… well rested… slept in until almost 7am… it isn’t too hot yet so the sun shining in through the window is a welcome addition to the room… all is well in room 15. Lets start our day.
“What is that?” I think as I get closer to this brownish/gold round object on the floor of the dining room as I finish mopping Friday afternoon at work. As I get closer and look down… I realize that resting right by the salad bar is a heads up penny. A penny. An object that
This week I have been mentally consumed by two drastically different notions… 1 (the far lesser of the 2) – it is hot. And 2 – I miss my boys faces. Let’s start with #1… It is hot and when it is hot… it is very hot behind these walls. Thankfully… because T.I. is right
Rule number 1 for federal inmates… get comfortable being uncomfortable because just when you start to feel like you have it all figured out… the Feds have other plans for you. Case and point… I open my eyes early Sunday morning to loud shuffling outside of my door in the hallway of the unit. There
This week started out especially rough with yet another mind-numbingly horrific elementary school shooting in Nashville, TN. I just cannot wrap my head around the insanity of these shootings. The astronomical amount of them… the age of the victims… the horrible nightmares I have (and I am sure many others have) about it touching our
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A job well done. It makes you feel good… makes you feel accomplished… as if you fulfilled whatever “purpose” you were supposed to fulfill today. I have been thinking about this concept throughout the week as I continue the new gig and find that my days disappear in a flash even though they should be
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New Year (well as far as my “anniversary” goes at least)…. New job! “Chef Hollywood” (as I am called) is now working as a Chef for the officers in the “OM” aka The Officer Mess Hall. I just started the new position this week and so far… it is fantastic. I had no idea this
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Well… that’s one year guys. Absolutely surreal. Never in my wildest dreams (or fears to be more accurate) would I EVER have imagined that I would be in federal prison… EVER. But here we are and I have decided that I am going to look at this milestone (and the future milestones) as an anniversary.