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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Letters of Recommendation

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In order to be admitted to the criminal justice program at my University, I needed to include three letters of recommendation. For some reas...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Supervision

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It has been over a week since I met with my PO and I haven't heard from him, he has not stopped by, and I don't (yet) feel any stri...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Opening the Door

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Many of us have a lot held in. We have things we don't tell everyone, just our closest friends and family. It's normal to use discre...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Hyper Sensitivity

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Tonight someone asked me about the day I left Carswell. They wanted to hear how I felt, not just what I did. It's always so much easier ...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Healthy Goals

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I think it's really important that we not only set goals around work when we are released, but we also set goals that will keep us healt...
Sunday, July 6, 2014

Friend Updates

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I thought you may want some updates on some of my FMC Carswell friends. I'll start with Freckles. If you remember, Freckles was to finis...
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School Update

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Last week, I had the opportunity to meet with a professor of criminal justice at my school. We talked about the possibility of my joining th...
Friday, July 4, 2014

Independence Day

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Officially, this is my 319th day from my self-surrender. The holiday and one day credit from the day of my arraignment, allowed my release d...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

First Meeting with P.O.

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I need to start by apologizing for not posting yesterday. By evening, I was really not feeling well and fell asleep in my clothes until morn...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Last Day of Home Confinement

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Of all my time in custody of the BOP, this last month went the fastest. I am suddenly on the cusp of my out date and the almost freedom that...
Monday, June 30, 2014

A Daughter Writes

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Many months ago, I wrote about a daughter who reached out to me about her mother who had just self-surrendered. They were readers of this bl...
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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Recovering Hope

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When I was deciding which university to attend for my doctoral program, I was very specific about the location. I did not want an urban c...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Background Check

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It was the first time I had to answer that question in the positive, "have you ever been convicted of a felony?" It was on the for...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Blogging

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This morning I decided to go through my email to see what messages I received while I was incarcerated. I had no idea that I'd received ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Cleaning House

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I still need to organize my room. I still have boxes of I don't know what packed in storage. I still have the stuff I shipped home from ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Never Forget

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A lot of people make an active choice to try to forget their time in prison. They are so emotionally wounded from the experience that they p...
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Writing My Personal Statement

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I was never a procrastinator. I always tried to be on top of all my work, giving me buffer time just in case. Since being on home confinemen...
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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Tweeting

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I've been in love with technology since I was a kid. My father built our first computer and I would teach everyone how to use it. Things...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

A NutriBullet

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Sporty and T.S. brought home a NutriBullet today. If you are not familiar with this gizmo, it is a pulverizing blender used to make juices a...