Update

Life is hard. It throws you curveballs when you didn’t even know you were at bat and it takes an extremely strong willed and strong minded person to “successfully” see the pitch heading their way at the last minute and swing the bat. I have noticed over the last couple months in here that a […]

Well… 2022 has officially come to a close… what a life changing year (can you say understatement…) but I have learned so many life lessons that I will take with me… I figured it was only fitting to share some of them with you guys… I have learned… To never (EVER) take the small pleasures

Ho Ho Ho….Merry Christmas from good ol T.I. I really can’t believe I am spending Christmas in prison… I woke up this morning in good spirits but it was one of those mornings that felt completely surreal… like this reality just can’t be happening… can it?? I can’t actually be in prison right now on

Well… the southyard computers are still down so I will need to make this work within my 5 minute or so window. Here we go… Birthdays in prison. Or at least my birthday in prison. This was something… along with Thanksgiving and Christmas… that has been on my mind many times throughout the year. I

Well… we got a problem. The south yard computer lab has been closed for last 5 days which sends everyone to the north yard during 10 minutes moves to jump on the computer and get everything they need to get done… done. This means that we need to make the 3-4 minute walk… use about

Well I have just been informed by the recreation officer that “I’m trying to get out of here so 15 minutes and I’m shutting the computers down”… okay then… will need to make this quick. This week has been a roller coaster of emotion. There have been extreme lows early in the week where I

As my head is still bobbin from the bands rocking out on the yard this afternoon… I figured I would take those good vibes inside and write a little something about gratitude. I have had such an overwhelming sense of gratitude this whole week. Given the fact that it was Thanksgiving… it is certainly fitting

Well… it is that time of year… it’s holiday season at T.I… Although we celebrate every single national holiday in a uniquely fantastic way in here… I feel like Thanksgiving and Christmas are the show stoppers and this week is Thanksgiving week. When I first got to T.I… I constantly thought about the holidays… mostly

Can’t tell you where it came from or why but I wrote my boys an email this morning and I wanted to share… as maybe there is a parent out there at the beginning of his or her journey… whatever journey that may be… that can find some peace in knowing that we are going

I want to share something special this week. Every night for the past 5+ months, I have walked the track with a guy in here that I would genuinely call a friend (I know this goes against rule #1 of T.I. but sometimes you gotta bend the rules a bit). We have talked about life…