Wrapping Your Mind Around Adversity
Wrapping Your Mind Around Adversity Irony is a building block of life. Its also a reality in prison for a sub-culture of storm survivors working through realizations and fixes, seeking to emerge from mistakes and short-cuts that steered them off course in the past....
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...
Top 10 things you can do to help a loved one or friend who is in prison
Top 10 things you can do to help a loved one or friend who is in prison #9 Celebrate the passing of milestones Last week marked the passing of 6 months of confinement since I self-surrendered to prison. Milestones of time passed signify that the storm is beginning to...
Top 10 Things You Can Do To Help A Loved One Or Friend Who Is In Prison
Top 10 things you can do to help a loved one or friend who is in prison #8 Be inspired to go visit someone close to you who is isolated or alone. Being alone is near the top of the list of humankinds' greatest fears. Many people are more afraid of being alone than...
Top 10 things you can do to help a loved one or friend who is in prison
Top 10 things you can do to help a loved one or friend who is in prison #7 Pray for your loved one or friend. That's all...just pray for them. If you want to pray for something specific, pray that he or she will find people to surround them self with who can be...
Make a contribution to help pay for prison expenses
Top 10 things you can do to help a loved one or friend who is in prison. #6 Make a financial contribution to help pay for commissary & communication expenses Federal prison is expensive if remaining connected to family and friends and growing in positive and...
Help Coordinate A Healthy Diet in Federal Prison
Top 10 things you can do to help a loved one or friend who is in prison #5 Help Coordinate A Healthy Prison Diet The food in prison is a discussion in and of itself. Eating healthy is a challenge, particularly considering the significant amount of exercise that an...
#4 Google. Print. Mail.
#4 Google. Print. Mail. The best case scenario is that your imprisoned friend or loved one might have access to a set of encyclopedias for research. In the prison where I am confined, we have an almost complete set of the 15th Edition of Encyclopedia Britannica...
# 3 Be a pace-setter in Federal Prison
# 3 Be a pace-setter in Federal Prison I am proud to continue my series on the top 10 things one can do to help a loved in federal prison. The person you care about in prison will likely struggle at some level to comprehend the passage of time, as suddenly it...
Helping Someone In Federal Prison
July 9, Helping Someone In Federal Prison #2: Facilitate having your church or similar organization donate movies and other materials to the institution where your friend or loved one is confined. Your friend or loved one in federal prison should have access to plenty...
