Hi Shawn - thanks for sharing your essay; I found it very interesting. I'm not super familiar with the 12 steps, so I'm curious as to why you say, "forgiveness is NOT an option, not now, not ever, and is something to be avoided at all costs". Is it because the person working the steps should not EXPECT forgiveness, or because you think the family members could never forgive the person? Or maybe a third meaning? Just curious. Of course we have no control over someone else's forgiveness, we can only do our part to make amends. But in the long run I think forgiving someone who has wronged you is something you do for yourself more so than the other person - and if you don't do it you are hurting yourself the most. So I like to think it's always a possibility...
Thanks for writing! I worked on the transcription for your post.
Haven't finished transcribing. You made this one really hard :-( it's so long, and has so many documents cited on it, numbers and all. You don't need all that, you're not in court, your readers are not looking for proof of what you say. We know the justice system sells prisons as places meant for correction, but deep inside everyone's head, it's a revenge thing. You messed up with us, so nowyou'll be deprived of your freedom. Don't feel too bad though, you get some art supplies, three meals a day and a place to live, I know people who can't afford half those things. I have a hard time affording them, I work every day for far too many hours and sometimes I can't buy enough food fro three meals a day, my molar broke and I can't afford a dentist, so there's daily pain one has to get used to, and I have never even copied in a school test. I know it's not the same thing, my point is freedom, in or out, is rarely ever about what you're able to do, what you have or what you lack, it's merely a mental states. :) Have a nice day!
hey vinnie whats going on well i dont knoe if u will remember me but anyways i just thought i would let u and your dad ed know that my mother annie passed away this past november she liked u vinnie so i thought i would let u know im maryannr her daughter u must remember me visiting the house in melrose when she use to stay there with your dad how is your dad doing? my name is maryanne her daughter if u want to contact me u can call me at 508-933-2327 ok just thought you and your dad would want to know if you did not see it in the paper
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Hope to read more of your story, you give an interesting insight :).
So you were in the military. I was as well. The navy, that is. Well, Good Luck to you.
Haven't finished transcribing. You made this one really hard :-( it's so long, and has so many documents cited on it, numbers and all. You don't need all that, you're not in court, your readers are not looking for proof of what you say. We know the justice system sells prisons as places meant for correction, but deep inside everyone's head, it's a revenge thing. You messed up with us, so nowyou'll be deprived of your freedom.
Don't feel too bad though, you get some art supplies, three meals a day and a place to live, I know people who can't afford half those things. I have a hard time affording them, I work every day for far too many hours and sometimes I can't buy enough food fro three meals a day, my molar broke and I can't afford a dentist, so there's daily pain one has to get used to, and I have never even copied in a school test. I know it's not the same thing, my point is freedom, in or out, is rarely ever about what you're able to do, what you have or what you lack, it's merely a mental states. :)
Have a nice day!
Very touching, in a creepy kind of way. :)