David, Thank you for responding to my letter so quickly! My mom has postponed coming to visit until the Spring. I'll write you a full letter soon (it's half done at the moment).
I don't really know what to say but I'm doing really wel I'm out of my residential treatment center and living with a friend. I'm finishing my senior year of high school, although its hard to get there every day haha I just got a job working with kids at a day care kind of thing. And I'm all around doing really well. Recently me will and Yash have been visiting the family, mom, Brandon,Justin, uncle John and I met Jon Jon uncle Johns son for the first time:) we've been going up there more often lately and it honestly feels like no times been lost. Whenever I visit mom she bring out some of the old pictures, which a couple of them had you in it but I learned a lot about our family. I am very interested in finding out more about you but sometimes when I read you're posts they don't fully make sense to me. Just because you tend to use big words haha. I always like seeing all you're artwork though. I feel like what I've gotten from reading your posts is that I'm a lot like you in the fact that we both have very strong opinions haha:) I saw a picture of you when you were little and were literally almost identical. Anyways can't wait to hear back from you. Hope all is well. -destiny
I am not Izzy. When I was asking around about you I ended up searching the prison's website and saw what you were charged with.
Izzy knows about it now also because we are still in touch and it came up when I was asking about you and then I told him the results of my search. I do not know what he thinks of it all because I know how close you two were and I hated being the bearer of such terrible news and didn't ask how he felt.
I saw photos of both of your sons on a networking website because I'm in touch with Jennifer also.
I know Japanese because I lived there for five years, it is tough.
Anyway, I think it best to end this correspondence with that. I wish I could offer you words of support, but I am not in a position to do so for obvious reasons.
I agree with you about the manufactured criticsm of Miley Cyrus, but aren't your perceptions of Taylor Swift from the mass media also? After all, we only have their reporting of the meaning behind her actions and songs.
This was an incredible and very touching read, i felt honoured to be transcribing for you. You are clearly a very intelligent man, with a great knowledge of life. Edwards story is a very sad but i'm sure extremely common one ,all over the world.. people need to recognise change and allow it to grow rather than stamp all over it before it has a chance to blossom.
Wow. Thank you so much for writing this incredibly powerful and eloquent peice. You and the people you speak of in this blog are truly an inspiration and a chastisement to many of us outside prison walls.
"They think a murderer's heart would taint Each simple seed they sow. It is not true! God's kindly earth Is kindlier than men know, And the red rose would but blow more red, The white rose whiter blow.
Out of his mouth a red, red rose! Out of his heart a white! For who can say by what strange way, Christ brings his will to light, Since the barren staff the pilgrim bore Bloomed in the great Pope's sight?
But neither milk-white rose nor red May bloom in prison air; The shard, the pebble, and the flint, Are what they give us there: For flowers have been known to heal A common man's despair."
I disagree that you have met smart people. If they were that smart they would have used their intelligence towards a productive, contributing life. Instead they are locked up and even more culpable than the less educated, more disadvantaged.
The murder rate in Chicago is a national disgrace. 508 persons lost their lives in 2012. As a general rule victims of shooting who survive are roughly 4 to 1 so another 2000 were also victims. That is almost 7 every day. This in a city with the most draconian gun control laws in America. The low rate of solving these crimes is a direct result of mentality of street law and no cooperation with law enforcement. Whilst thugs with guns feel they can get away with murder and have no respect for life they will not stop.
RSS
Izzy knows about it now also because we are still in touch and it came up when I was asking about you and then I told him the results of my search. I do not know what he thinks of it all because I know how close you two were and I hated being the bearer of such terrible news and didn't ask how he felt.
I saw photos of both of your sons on a networking website because I'm in touch with Jennifer also.
I know Japanese because I lived there for five years, it is tough.
Anyway, I think it best to end this correspondence with that. I wish I could offer you words of support, but I am not in a position to do so for obvious reasons.
I agree with you about the manufactured criticsm of Miley Cyrus, but aren't your perceptions of Taylor Swift from the mass media also? After all, we only have their reporting of the meaning behind her actions and songs.
Elizabeth-Anne
You are clearly a very intelligent man, with a great knowledge of life.
Edwards story is a very sad but i'm sure extremely common one ,all over the world.. people need to recognise change and allow it to grow rather than stamp all over it before it has a chance to blossom.
Wow. Thank you so much for writing this incredibly powerful and eloquent peice. You and the people you speak of in this blog are truly an inspiration and a chastisement to many of us outside prison walls.
"They think a murderer's heart would taint
Each simple seed they sow.
It is not true! God's kindly earth
Is kindlier than men know,
And the red rose would but blow more red,
The white rose whiter blow.
Out of his mouth a red, red rose!
Out of his heart a white!
For who can say by what strange way,
Christ brings his will to light,
Since the barren staff the pilgrim bore
Bloomed in the great Pope's sight?
But neither milk-white rose nor red
May bloom in prison air;
The shard, the pebble, and the flint,
Are what they give us there:
For flowers have been known to heal
A common man's despair."
Very noble pledge, and nice to share your promises to your self and to others...
Take care
I couldn't understand you last initials or the surname to the writer you had not read.. Sorry about that.
I'm glad you have a friend to support you and to communicate with.
The murder rate in Chicago is a national disgrace. 508 persons lost their lives in 2012. As a general rule victims of shooting who survive are roughly 4 to 1 so another 2000 were also victims. That is almost 7 every day. This in a city with the most draconian gun control laws in America. The low rate of solving these crimes is a direct result of mentality of street law and no cooperation with law enforcement. Whilst thugs with guns feel they can get away with murder and have no respect for life they will not stop.