Kenneth Flaska's
10 Things I learned From My First Year in Prison
10 Things I learned From My First Year in Prison, 1. The worst thing about Prison is the boredom and being separated from your family. 2. It was incredibly difficult for Me to accept that I had no control over what was going on in the real world. Once I acknowledged...
This Week in Jesup
This Week in Jesup If I owed you a letter, It went out in yesterday's mail. Eleven in total, that I completed over the Holiday weekend. (Columbus Day). If you want to receive letters in prison, You have to send letters. This week marks my one year anniversary in...
Post Traumatic Growth Syndrome
"Post Traumatic Growth Syndrome" ? Over the past several years I have experienced more than my fair share of trauma. I have lost family members and friends. I have lost my son which was the worst thing that has ever happened to me.( Prison is a very distant second ) I...
This Week in Jesup
This Week in Jesup Not a very good week in prison. I have been fighting a sinus infection which makes me irritable. I have that feeling where I just want to get away from everything and find a little peace and quiet and recover. However, there is no peace and quiet in...
Ignoring Good Advice!
Before I came to prison, Justin told Me to stay away from prison sports. He told me I would encounter extreme personalities. He also told Me I could get injured and then I would have to deal with the dreaded prison medical staff. I ignored Justin's sage advice, and of...
LOUD
There are several adjectives I could employ to describe prison. "Loud", "Dirty", "Dehumanizing", "Depressing", etc. Today, I am focused on LOUD. The noise level in prison is always positioned somewhere between a dull roar and a full scale riot. Everyone seems to yell...
LIVE FOR TODAY?
LIVE FOR TODAY? When I was working as an attorney in the real world I lived my life harboring regrets over past choices and experiencing fear over what the future would hold. Now that I am in prison, I continue to live the same way. Face it, No one wants to be in...
This Week in Jesup
This Week in Jesup Well, I experienced my first birthday in prison. No big deal. Just another day. I did treat myself at the commissary to an ice cream sandwich and a new toothbrush. Total expenditure of $ 2.05. An inexpensive birthday. Some of the guys on the unit...
Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are
Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are. I read a short blurb in the paper last week about being a "good" person. The article suggested that to be good you should " be the person your dog thinks you are". This really made Me think. In my adult years, I have had the...
Funeral for a Friend
John T. Woodhouse,III (Woody) died last Monday of an alleged self-inflicted wound. I knew Woody for over 40 years. We sailed thousands of miles together and it was always an adventure. We were not best friends. Our relationship was up and down. I am pleased to report...
