Hello uncle, long time no chat! I remember how I used to be a huge Steelers fan as a kid all because you loved them. You'd be happy to know that I continue to study African American History, I'm incredibly inspired by Malcolm X!
Yashua and I just tried visiting you but I guess we need a form sent to us from you. Would you be able to send it to us and we will come in to visit as soon as possible. We may not be able to visit until June after we get married but having the form ready and filled out would be nice so we can be approved and visit you anytime after.
Hi. I'm glad that you share things like this. I know there are 'visiting-rules' on the prisons web site and their family and friends can check them out, but I don't know how many that actually do that. But calling the unit early in the week is also a great tip, it's too sad if visitors just are to be turned away. And even more sad if some guys do stuff to have their visitation taken away if they know their family is coming. The young child you told about, it must be so heartbreaking for kids that are too small to understand why dad can't come home with them. :-/
When you work during visitation on weekends, as you do, you notice these scenarios that happens before and after the visits, and I bet most people are not thinking about it. I'm glad you do!
Please continue writing and sharing experiences, stories and thoughts, I'm looking forward to learn about it. So please do. :-)
I just finished reading Mandate or Bias. Since it's been a few years since you've submitted anything to this blog, I'm uncertain if my messages will be forwarded to you. Thus, I will limit my response to this powerful essay by saying, "thank you."
Nandi Crosby from Chico State here. I have wanted to connect with you since meeting you a few months ago. I just stumbled upon your short essay, Tao of the Hamster Wheel, and I felt compelled to reach out to you. Ms. Heil sings your praises quite often and has stated that I could learn a lot from you. While I'm confident she means I could learn a lot from you about social issues, restorative justice, etc., I am primarily interested in having you teach me about becoming more fully human. You seem to be much more emotionally mature than I am, and I would love to engage in a dialogue in which you help me get to where you are. Are you open to that?
Quote - '... i'm thankful that i am in prison because i'd hospitalize each one of you, just to show you how it feels to be hurt.' Do you REALLY mean that??!
If that's the fact you better start working on yourself, because there will always be someone that hurt you - it's the same for all of us, there are always one person or another that will hurt us in some way through out our lives, and that we cannot change, but what we CAN change is how we respond to it. I could easily have befriended you as a penpal, but sentiments like that freaks me out, that makes me back off instead. :-/
RSS
You have a history of back-stabbing people. Very brave. Sneak up on someone and stab them when they can't defend themselves.
Coward and lame!
Solid dude......BS......I can smell it from here!
Paul
Yashua and I just tried visiting you but I guess we need a form sent to us from you. Would you be able to send it to us and we will come in to visit as soon as possible. We may not be able to visit until June after we get married but having the form ready and filled out would be nice so we can be approved and visit you anytime after.
Thank you!
Yashua & Lauren
The young child you told about, it must be so heartbreaking for kids that are too small to understand why dad can't come home with them. :-/
When you work during visitation on weekends, as you do, you notice these scenarios that happens before and after the visits, and I bet most people are not thinking about it. I'm glad you do!
Please continue writing and sharing experiences, stories and thoughts, I'm looking forward to learn about it. So please do. :-)
Your handwriting isn't that bad I have seen worse.
take care
Joy
I just finished reading Mandate or Bias. Since it's been a few years since you've submitted anything to this blog, I'm uncertain if my messages will be forwarded to you. Thus, I will limit my response to this powerful essay by saying, "thank you."
Nandi
Nandi Crosby from Chico State here. I have wanted to connect with you since meeting you a few months ago. I just stumbled upon your short essay, Tao of the Hamster Wheel, and I felt compelled to reach out to you. Ms. Heil sings your praises quite often and has stated that I could learn a lot from you. While I'm confident she means I could learn a lot from you about social issues, restorative justice, etc., I am primarily interested in having you teach me about becoming more fully human. You seem to be much more emotionally mature than I am, and I would love to engage in a dialogue in which you help me get to where you are. Are you open to that?
Namaste'
Nandi
Do you REALLY mean that??!
If that's the fact you better start working on yourself, because there will always be someone that hurt you - it's the same for all of us, there are always one person or another that will hurt us in some way through out our lives, and that we cannot change, but what we CAN change is how we respond to it.
I could easily have befriended you as a penpal, but sentiments like that freaks me out, that makes me back off instead. :-/