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How to Make a New Year’s Resolution When Your Husband is in Prison

Happy New Decade! 2020 is not just a new year, it is a new decade. It is a brand new beginning of a brand new decade. This is the perfect time to take a good look at your dreams and goals and set your priorities. This is especially important when your husband is in prison. If you are…

January 16, 20200Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Family Prison

Gifts for Prisoners- 7 Gift Ideas They Will LOVE

It was 4:00 a.m. as I rolled out of bed and began preparing for the day. Today was a special day, so I needed to spend a little more time on my appearance. I carefully curled and sprayed my hair so it would stay beautiful all day. I dressed up in a modest but attractive…

December 13, 20190Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Family Mental Health Prison

How to Build Good Memories Around a Prison Visit?

Prison visits can either tear a family down or build a family up. There are a lot of things about visiting your man in prison that you have no control over, but you can control whether these visits help or hurt your family. Barbed wire, metal detectors, corrections officers, bars, and loud clanging doors are…

December 5, 20190Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Family Prison

How to Celebrate Thanksgiving When Your Husband is in Prison

Holidays are not the same when your husband is in prison. Grief, loss, and sorrow can easily steal your desire to celebrate the season with your family. In the face of the challenges you are dealing with, holidays become one more thing that sucks up your time and money. It is difficult to celebrate anything…

November 26, 20190Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Prison

How to overcome the stigma of prison

Prison. As soon as someone in your family went to jail, you became one of "them." You moved from acceptable to unacceptable, from an insider to an outsider, and from a friend to someone they used to know. You are now stigmatized. If you think that there is no stigma associated with prison, you are…

November 13, 20190Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

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What is Angel Tree?

Having a mother or father in prison can be difficult for any child. That is where Angel Tree, a prison fellowship program, comes into help. Angel Tree is focused on helping the 2.7 million children in the U.S. that deal with having a parent in prison. Dealing with a parent in prison can lead to feelings…

November 8, 20190Comments

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Mental Health Prison

How to Stay Sane When Your husband is in Prison

I tucked my sons into bed and walked down the hall to my room. I walked just inside the door of my bedroom and leaned against the wall. Shocked, I stood there staring out the window as the sunset. Relief flooded over me. I had made it through another day of Ron being in prison. …

November 1, 20190Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Prison

Prison Relationships

It’s no secret that relationships can be difficult to maintain. Extra factors like distance, long hours on the job, busy schedules and many others can throw a big obstacle in the way of a relationship. Now, imagine maintaining a healthy relationship while a loved one is in prison. A relationship with someone in prison…

October 11, 20190Comments

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Family Prison

Parenting after Dad Comes Home

When Ron was in prison... I invested heavily in my sons to help reduce the pain of living with only one parent. I made plans to take them places so we could spend time together building wonderful memories despite Ron’s incarceration. I was intentional about creating memories together. Ron came home, and I must confess…

July 22, 20190Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

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Warning Signs in your Prison Relationship – Part 2

Relationships are wonderful when they are healthy! There is nothing more satisfying than a deep connection between 2 people who care about each other. Sadly, there are times people ignore warning signs that their relationship is not healthy because they so desperately want that connection. If you are in a relationship with someone who is…

June 25, 20190Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com