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If anyone reading these blogs wishes to chat, feel free to email me at smalltownbassist@gmail.com. I am currently in the halfway house and will only be able to respond a few times a week, but I will do so on a regular basis. I will be released on August 3rd.
Someday, I hope to have a good career, complete education, a nice place to live, and a wife to share it all with. I've done some bad things in my life, and I fear that now it may be too late to try and fix anything at all.
It hurts a man to look back on his life and realize that there are no accomplishments worth noting. At the same time, it's inspiring to be able to look forward and understand that the rest of the road might just be salvageable.
Maybe this is what I deserve. God knows I've earned it. Until my arrest, I was a selfish, lazy, disrespectful worm. Now I'm trying to repair all that I've destroyed, but apparently some bridges will just remain burned.
I know how lucky I am to be alive and healthy and to still have people in my life that love me. It's just that sometimes I look at the people and things I used to know and have, and I see how much I've lost, too. Those are the days when my life hurts the most.
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I never thought I'd be able to continue posting AFTER my release from prison. Things are very hectic for me right now. It seems that all the continuity of scheduling in prison was thrown out the window the day I was released. Suddenly, after five years, I'm expected to be my own man again, where before I wasn't allowed to. It's daunting, but I'm getting through it.
On another note, every officer I came in contact with on my way out of those prison doors was really nice to me. I wonder if they were just happy to be ...
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