GRATITUDE

Christmas for us was wonderful.  My wife created new rituals for the holiday now that she is an empty nester.  Last night we had a late Christmas dinner with both of her sons.  It was very special.  Our financial problems were addressed by Christmas gifts for Kroger...

WINTER

Tomorrow is the first official day of winter.  It is also the shortest amount of daylight in the year.  You might wonder what that has to do with Prison CONversation.  Well, going to prison is like being in a dark place where  night seems endless and the atmosphere is...

JUST OUT OF PRISON

My wife and I are experiencing very directly what it is like to get out of prison.  A friend who spent the last 6 1/2 years in prison was released last week.  His plan to stay in a motel was sabotaged by authorities who called the hotel to say a sex offender was...

I AM ENOUGH

So many people that I interact with feel as though they are never good enough, pretty enough, thin enough, rich enough, or any of a thousand ways in which we are not good enough.  Prison CONversation advocates that we are all good enough.  Those of us who have...

GRATITUDE AND ASKING FOR HELP

Yesterday on the way home from a faith-based prison program, our car died 130 miles from home.  My wife called one of her kids and we ended up getting a ride home with him.  Many of us who struggle with addiction, sexual issues, and especially pedophilia have trouble...