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I've recently relocated to the Greenville Illinois camp! I am truly grateful. During the last 6 months I've often asked God why he sent me sooo far from home to begin this journey. He told me in due time I would see "why". That how life is. We don't understand...
Buenos Noches!
Buenos Noches! I am in my fourth week of Spanish class. I was never very skilled at learning foreign languages but I seem to be doing ok. It feels good to be learning something that may prove useful once I return to the real world. A guy in my unit injured his...
T-30 Days
I've hit the T-30 days and counting mark in my sentence, what a freakin' thrill to be here, I didn't think it would ever come, my goodness the month of Jan is soooo long, but wrapping up. I hope the ;ast 30 speed up a bit. I've heard from several friends today and all...
Privacy
I have been asked many times in the last several days what I was going to do first when I got out or what have I missed most since I've been in and I have an instant answer, I miss my privacy the most and the first thing I want to do when I get out is take a hot,...
Staying Out of Trouble In Federal Prison
Staying out of Trouble. My prison consultant, Justin Paperny, told me to watch out for many things before I came to prison. He specifically told Me not to borrow anything from any other prisoner as trouble often follows such transactions. Last weekend, I witnessed...
Reading
Reading has been one of the saving graces for me here at Camp Fed, without the books, magazines and newspapers I have read and continue to read there is no way I could have made it thus far. Since my term started I have read over 45 books in 5 months. I cant begin to...
Blizzard of 16
I'm thinking of making TShirts, "I was imprisoned by the blizzard of 2016" with pictures of our pen. We all survived the big snow, I don't think we got as much as i was hearing about last night but certainly we got over 16 inches or so. Our track was partially cleared...
Getting Closer
Getting Closer January 24, 2016 I have noticed over the past few months that my relationships with several people I am close to have become signficantly deeper and richer. I find this to be a wonderful thing and I was curious to figure out why this has happened. In my...
Post #10 in Series
Top 10 things you can do to help a loved one or friend who is in prison #10 Be yourself... Passing through a major storm in life is a difficult and challenging experience, but it can also have a cleansing effect. Whatever behavior caused the imprisonment of your loved...
This Week in Jesup
This Week in Jesup A guy on my floor is leaving this week. The other day we were discussing the fact that He was a "short timer" (Less than 30 days to the door). He told Me "He was shorter than a midget in quicksand wearing lead boots". Not politically correct, but...
