Show the haters who you are by being better that the negative things said about you…
Family
Dates are completely different when your husband is in prison.
You can still date, but it is a strange type of date that takes some getting used to and takes time accepting it. You always meet at the same place, you always have to pay for the food (visiting room food tips) and you…
Sometimes your perspective depends on your view, and sometimes it depends on your viewpoint.
Change is inevitable.
Time changes everything and everyone. We don’t get to decide IF we will change, but we do get to decide which path of change we will take. There is a lot about life that is out of our control. And when you’re dealing with prison, there is even more that is…
Opportunity often presents itself in the weirdest ways.
Just when we think life is over, we can find a glimmer of hope that leads us to a new opportunity if we will look for it. You just have to look away from the tragedy you are facing long enough to see the opportunity. …
I am going to say it again, prison changes everything.
You cannot possibly live through a prison experience unaffected by it. The questions you should be asking are: “Do I have any power to determine the impact prison will have on me and my family?” and “How will it change me and my family?” The…
Walking through the experience of incarceration is one of the hardest things you will ever do.
And getting THROUGH it is exactly what I mean. You cannot get stuck in one of the levels if you want to change your life and legacy. The steps toward healing will turn into a cycle of self-destruction when…
If you are just joining me on my blog – Welcome! This blog post is part of a series I am writing on how to overcome a prison experience. I had been married for 5 years before my husband was sent away to prison on a 14-25 year sentence. The path out of the pain,…