Tag: overcoming incarceration

December 19, 20170Comments

Christmas Without Daddy

Christmas is right around the corner. When your husband is in prison, it is hard to experience the same excitement you see all around you. The pain of being a broken family grows stronger during the holiday season. The loneliness is heavier. The sadness is overwhelming as you think of your kids opening Christmas presents…

December 15, 20170Comments

Holiday Visits

Holiday Visits Visiting a prison is hard all year long. It just becomes especially hard during the holidays. This is the time we long to be together as a family. Everywhere we look, we see families together laughing, spending time together, and spending money. All of those three things are a struggle for families when…

December 13, 20170Comments

Prison Visiting Room Food

Prison Visiting Room Food Tips There are so many moments that families who get to see each other every day take for granted. One of many things we took for granted was eating together. It was just something we did, no big deal. Well, no big deal until we couldn’t do it anymore. Visits were about…

December 11, 20170Comments

How to Find a Good Attorney

Finding the right lawyer is really important. There are some lawyers who do not care about their clients, some who are just too busy to do a good job, and others who are only concerned with getting paid. Don’t get me wrong, I believe lawyers should be paid, but I also believe they should give…

November 29, 20170Comments

Husband in Prison

A prisoner’s wife. How could this even be possible? I never imagined that someday I would be married to a man who was in prison, but it happened, and it didn’t destroy me or our marriage. When my husband went to prison, it changed nearly everything about my life. I no longer fit in with the…

November 23, 20170Comments

Thanksgiving tips

Five things you need to do when your husband is in prison on Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a tough holiday to celebrate when your husband is locked up in prison. I recall my first thanksgiving. All I could think about is how much he is missing out on and how much I missed having him there…

November 21, 20170Comments

How to Celebrate Thanksgiving

How to celebrate Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a great time of year to reflect on the things for which you are thankful. It's a time to re-center gratitude and focus on the good. All the while trying not to fill up on appetizers before the main course. Learning how to celebrate thanksgiving in prison was a…

November 15, 20170Comments

Angel Tree Christmas

Angel Tree Christmas It doesn't seem possible that Christmas is only 5 weeks away. It feels like just yesterday that we were rushing around trying to get to as many family functions as we could. I can't believe that it's almost that time again! I want to share with you the joy of Angel Tree…

October 19, 20170Comments

Past Mistakes

Past mistakes As I was laying on my couch, with my two-month-old baby girl on my chest, flipping through channels, I saw that the movie, We Bought a Zoo, was on. I remember going to see it in theaters with my family - we cried like babies. :) So, I turned it on. Let me…