Chel emailed me to share her children’s conversation she overheard the other day.
Hi. I never hear anyone talk about prison or jail any more without thinking of you. You, and your blog, have changed some of my general perceptions of prisons. Now, we were never those people who told their kids that if they did […]

I found these at The Common Room.
Communities pay for high prison rate 
Reentry 
The prison problem 

I am always blessed when I open my email and find a sweet email from any of you. You have been a blessing to me.
I also love it when someone lets me know they’ve been reading, or that they’ve been encouraged. It means a lot to hear it. I blog because I know that’s what […]

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 […]

Before all of this, I knew of one prison guard. She came into my store sometimes.
In To Tell or Not To Tell, I wrote about her.
Last summer, I discovered our neighbor is a prison guard. I wrote about that here and here.
Last week, Lee and I stopped at the gas station. I waited in the […]

Lee is still adjusting.
I told him the other day that prison is starting to feel like it is fading. It can’t exactly with the probation going on, but we’re starting to feel more like ourselves again.
This is a good thing.I asked Lee if he felt the same way. He said not quite yet.
He said he […]

Lisa sent me the link to this blog post–A Whole New World. It’s written by a dad with a son in jail.
Lots of things I can empathize with.
(When I clicked through, the ad was a bit much for me, but I’m not recommending the whole blog–just linking to a post from someone who understands.)
 Thank you, […]

A few years ago, when Lee’s incarceration was totally overwhelming, I had the urge to sneak into the garage to break my dishes.
I envisioned myself throwing my plates one by one onto the back wall of the garage. I imagined hearing them crash, shatter, and fall to the floor. I wondered if hurling my dishes […]

I’ve written about this subject before. Here and here .
One of my faithful readers sent me a link to the article, “Overcharging for connections.”
One of the comments sums up what I’ve found to be true,
“Prisons and the companies who provide this “service” know they can get away with this “legalized extortion” because the people it […]

This afternoon, James and I went to the Y. I need to get back in my exercise routine and the treadmill was calling me.
I lifted some weights and got on the treadmill. I started reading a book about worship by Dr. David Jeremiah. (It’s very good by the way.) I walked on the treadmill for […]