Lee has been working for one week at the newest temp assignment. So far so good.
He’s working with machines and processes that he is very familiar with. He’s hoping to get hired on there. The boss told him that he catches on very quickly.
He also had an interview at another place last week and expects […]

We submitted the 3rd appeal to probation for James to be able to visit with Lee.
Last week, Lee received the decision from his probation agent’s supervisor. He said he will leave the agent’s decision as is for now. No explanation and frankly, I think they didn’t read any of the documents we included.
When I told […]

Recently, Lee and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary. Long ago, I planned that our 10 year anniversary would be big. Second honeymoon maybe? An anniversary band? Maybe even renewing our vows.
Somewhere along the line, I figured we’d never have a tenth anniversary.
We aren’t in any position to take a big trip, buy diamonds, […]

**Update number 2. The interview went really well. They were excited about his skills and his excitement about the job. They said they have 2 positions open and have 2 more interviews. They had already interviewed someone before Lee.
They will let him know on Friday and if they hire him, he won’t start work […]

I know I haven’t been blogging as much as I was. I have all sorts of things swirling in my head but taking the time to get them posted just isn’t happening right now.
May was an incredible month. Very happy, very busy, very stressful. I’m still not quite adjusted and now we have a new […]

Tomorrow afternoon, we will be at a funeral for Lee’s brother. He died about a week and 1/2 ago, but he lived in another state.
All of the other family members live here, so our service is tomorrow. This is a very hard time for Lee’s family. His brother was only 56 years old and this […]

Lee’s job search isn’t going so well. He’s applied at many places and hasn’t had call backs.
He said the conversations go like this–
“We have jobs available in the following areas…..”
Then Lee fills out the paperwork and goes to talk with someone.
They read over his paper and see he has a criminal record and the jobs […]

I wonder why? Are you all checking on me? (insert a smile here)
Thank you for your kind comments and support. You are a great encouragement to me!
Yesterday Lee and I had to practice our communication skills. We both had different expectations for the day and had a few tense moments.
It was mostly me not remembering […]

Many of you have asked about James and Lee’s reunion. I alluded to some hard things in the past week or so. This is one of the hard things.
We were unprepared to discover that James and Lee are not allowed to see each other right now. That was not what the parole officer told me […]

This was quite a day!
I’m still processing everything and trying to decide how I feel.
I met his parole officer. My impression was that she isn’t “nasty” and may be easier to work with as long as Lee is towing the line. She at least took time to listen to my concerns and asked me to […]