HOLIDAY TIME!

HI EVERYONE!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING1

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

LIFE SEEMS TO BE MOVING VERY FAST, AS WE ROLL INTO THE HOLIDAYS!.........EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY, CERTAINLY IS TRUE!

THANKSGIVING WAS GREAT!

WE HAD AROUND 10 PEOPLE OVER....FAMILY AND FRIENDS, INCLUDING JIMMY'S FATHER AND HIS 2, YES 2, GIRLFRIENDS , OVER!......the 3rd could not come, and the 4th he went out TO  lunch WITH........AND THAT IS ONLY SOME OF THEM!

WE EVEN HAD MARIA OVER..........PRINCE'S DOGGIE GIRLFRIEND!

AND SO THE DAY WENT QUITE WELL!

WE WERE UP EARLY TO STUFF THE 20 LB. BUTTERBALL TURKEY........I USED MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN STUFFING RECIPE, AND A BREAD STUFFING ON THE SIDE.

WE HAD JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE!....JIMMY'S PASTA SAUXE WITH  SAUSASAGE ZITI...........MEATBALLS AND SAUSAGE.....................

THE ANTIPASTO WAS DELICIOUS.....DEVILED EGGS, OLIVES, ALL KINDS OD COLD CUTS AND CHEESES, INCLUDING PROVOLONE, AND PROSCUTTA.

THEN A DELICIOUS BIG SALAD........ROLLS........CANDIED YAMS, BAKED YAMS, SWEET POTATOES WITH MARSHMALLOwS ( my mother's recipe), ........JIMMY'S SPECICAL MASHED POTATOES, ........BRUSSELL SPROTS, CORN, MUSCHROOMS, AND STRING SEAN CASSAROLE.........LOTS OF PIES.......MINCE MEAT, PUMKIN, APPLE AND CUSTAR COCONUT..........NUTS AND FRUITS AND FIGS AND CHESTNUTS..............WE WENT THE WHOLE 9 YARDS!

SO MANY LEFTOVERS, AND PEOPLE TOOK THEM HOME!  AND JIMMY AND I ATE LEFTOVERS FOR 2 DAYS!

.............JIMMY AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 7.5 YEARS, 3 .5 OF WHICH HE HAD BEEN IN PRISON..........NOW IT IS TIME WE MAKE SOME TRADITIONS!

IN THE NEXT ENTRY, I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE THINGS WE ARE DOING FOR CHRISTMAS!

..............................................FRAN AND JIMMY

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HELLO.............THIS IS A TEST.....

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE WOMEN WHO TOLD ME AbOUT THIS!

Fran and jimmy

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HELLO

HELLO EVERYONE!

AS WE PROGRESS INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, I DO KNOW IT IS AN UNHAPPY TIME FOR ALL MY FELLOW PRISON WIVES.................
PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR WRITING ABOUT PLEASANT THINGS IN THIS JOURNAL...........AS YOU KNOW, JIMMY WAS IN PRISON FOR 3.5 YEARS.........IT IS NOW AROUND 2 YEARS HE IS HOME......
HOLIDAY TIMES ARE VERY SAD WHEN HUBBY IS IN PRISON.............BUT IF YOU REALIZE HE WILL BE HOME ONE DAY....
WHEN JIMMY WAS INCARCERATED, I COULD NOT THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE......I NEVER EVEN WANTED TO THINK ABOUT HOLIDAYS.....I WENT TO THE PRISON ON THANKSGOVING AND XMAS A COUPLE OF TIMES.........I LATER GOT SICK, BECAUSE IT UPSET ME SO MUCH............IF YOU GO BACK IN THE ARCHIVES OF THIS JOURNAL,TO THE HOLIDAY TIMES, YOU WILL SEE WHAT I WENT THOUGH..........
SO, MY FELLOW PRISON WIVES, PLEASE FEEL THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE........IT TAKES A LONG TIME............BUT IT HAPPENS SLOWLY...........SUDDENLY YOUR HUSBAND IS RELEASED AND LIFE MOVES ON.............
IT HAS BEEN 26 MONTHS THAT JIMMY IS NOW HOME.

AND NOW WE PROCEED..........WE SET UP FAMILY TRADITIONS....
WE ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS.........

JIMMY WILL DECORATE THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE AGAIN..........TREE AND MOVING DECORATIONS, AS HE DID LAST YEAR............WE WILL SEND OUT AROUND 50 CARDS..........AND I WILL WRITE A CHRISTMAS LETTER THIS YEAR...............

SO YOU SEE, MY FELLOW PRISON WIVES..........HANG IN THERE............IT WILL SOON CHANGE..............

JIMMY AND I WILL BE GOING TO PAROLE THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING..........HE IS ON PAROLE UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 2009.........

........................................FRAN AND JIMMY

TIME GOES BY

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE WRITTEN...............
THE REASON IS, I STILL dON'T LIKE THIS BLoGSPaCE..............EITHER I CAN'T GET INTO, OR THE LETTERING IS SO SMALL, I CAN'T SEE IT.

WELL , LIFE MOVES ON..........HALLOWEEN, THE ELECTION, AND NOW THANKSIVING IS ON THE HORIZEN!

WE ARE PLANNING A GATHERING ON THANKSGIVING............JIMMY'S FATHER, FRIENDS, MY AUNT..........OF COURSE WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE MENU............INCUDING PASTA, BRACHOLLE, MEATBALLS, ANTIPASTE,.......TURKEY AN ALL THE TRIMMINGS...........JIMMY SAYS I MAKE THE BEST TURKEY.................AND I DO!........and ir is Very easy for me!........MOIST AND DELICIOuS.........BuTTERBALL IS THE BEST!

............MORE LATER!...................fran and jimmy

6 things about me, you don't know

WEll HERE GOES!

1....PEOPLE TELL ME I AM PSYCIC.

2... I BELIEVE IN ANGELS AND MIRACLES.........I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE LIBRARY OF MANY DIFFERENT SPIRITUAL BOOS....

3...I AM TOLD I AM VERY POWERFUL, AND HAVE A GLOW ABOUT ME.

4...I AFFECT ELECTRICAL THINGS.LIGHTS, TV'S, COMPUTERS, CELL PHONES.....YOU NAME IT, AND I DO IT.........I DO NOT KNOW HOW!

5...I LOVE MY HUSBAND MORE THAN MY OWN LIFE.........JIMMY IS A DOM, AND I AM A SUB!...he loves to take care of me...........WE ARE VERY SEXUAL PEOPLE!...

6...Jimmy takes me to have my nails done every 2 weeks........HE LOVES TO BUY CLOTHES FOR ME. HE FIXES UP MY CLOSET....WASHES CLOTHES, TAKES THEM TO THE DRY CLEANERS, ETC.

7...I DON'T SPEAK MUCH.....ONLY TO JIMMY..........HE SAYS I SOUND LIKE A CANADIAN.

LIFE MOVES ON

I HAVEN 'T WRITTEN IN A WEEK.............

WE TOOK MISTY AND CRYSTAL TO THE VETS.....CRYSTAL HAD A SEIZURE RIGHT IN THE VETS OFFICE..........WE ARE HAPPY SHE SAW IT CRYSTAL IS NOW A CONFIRMED EPILEPTIC, AND SHE IS ON PHENOBARD TWICE A DAY........I HAVE TO KEEP A JOURNAL OF HER SEIZURE ACTIVITY, FOR THE NEUROLOGISY VET.......CRYSTAL WILL BE HAVING An MRI OF HER BRAIN....I PUT THE MEDS INTO PEANUT BUTTER....SHE LIKES IT THAT WAY...IT TAKES ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO 1/2 HOUR FOR HER TO LICK THE SPOON CLEAN.....I TRY TO MAKE A GAME OUT OF IT............SHE WILL BE ON THIS FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

AND LITTLE MISTY....SHE HAS DIABETES, AND WAS PUT ON LANTUS INSULIN, TWICE A DAY, AND ANTIBIOTICS..........OH WELL

WITH CRYSTAL, THOUGH, I DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE COULD BE SO CRUEL...........IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF A PERSON DID THIS TO HER..........TIED HER UP ON A HOT AUGUST DAT TO A POLE......A WOMAN AT THE VET TOLD ME SHE READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT CRYSTAL IN THE STAR LEDGEr...HER SON IS A POLICEMAN IN ELIZABETH, and he told her about it....O, CRYSTAL IS A FAMOUS DOG!!!!!!.......WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR the article on-line.....

WE ARE THINKING THIS LITTLE DOG MUST HAVE BEEN HIT ON THE HEAD, OR EXPOSED TO TOXIC DRUGS.....WE DON'T KNOW..........

....BUT WE LOVE HER SO MUCH.........AND SHE PUTS A SMILE ON OUR FACE!!!!!!!

...........fran and jimmy

JUST CLEANING UP MY FILES.

'AOL", Closing has been both a blessing and curse for me. As I have to get Jimmy to do all this work for me, but the great thing is that as I go through all my entries, I finf things that I have written, that deserve to be heard again, so Please go to the link I have at the bottom of this page, It means more to me today, then it did when I first wrote it

http://wivesofprisonersandotherlovedone.blogspot.com/

THIS JOURNAL

I KNOW THIS JOURNAL IS ABOUT THE LIFE OF A PRISON WIFE, BUT I HOPE EVERYONE WILL LIKE TO READ IT!
MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN HOME FROM PRISON FOR 2.1 YEARS.......NOW I FEEL LIKE WRITING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS............JUST ABOUT LIFE!........
AT FIRST, WHEN JIMMY WENT TO PRISON, ON MARCH 28, 2003, I FELT LIKE A CRUSHED WOMAN....NOW, LITTLE BY LITTLE THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
NOW, WE ARE FINALLY COMING INTO THE PRESENT MOMENT..........
JIMMY WILL BE ON PAROLE UNTIK THE SUMMER 2009.

NOW FOR SOME SAD NEWS.
JIMBO, OUR 16YEAR OLD SOMALIAN CAT DIED 2 WEEKS AGO. YOU CAN SEE HIM ON THE PIX (MISTY IS WASHING HIM)...........HE JUST STOPPED EATING, AND THIS WAS A CAT WHO LOVED TO EAT! WE BOUGHT HIM TO THE VET.....JIMBO HAD DIABETES AND AN INFECTION.........HE WAS IN VERY BAD SHAPE........HE WAS EUTHANIZED......I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE IN EUTHANASIA, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE WILL GO AND PICK UP JIMBOS ASHES LATER TODAY.
I HAVE BOUGHT CATS SINCE THE TIME THEY COULD SIT IN THE PALM OF MY HAND.........
JIMMY IS VERY MUCH AFFECTD BY THIS......HE LOVED JIMBO VERY MUCH.......JIMBO WOULD SIT IN THE KITCHEN WHILE JIMMY COOKED, CRYING AND SCREAMING FOR FOOD........JIMMY WAS ALWAYS CERTAIN THE LITTLE JIMBO HAD A LOT OF FOOD....AND HE FEEDS ALL THE PETS, AND PUTS DOWN FRESH WATER SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
EVERY NORNING, JIMBO WOULD CLIMB UPON JIMMY'S CHEST, AT 5 AM.
JIMMY CHANGES THE LITTER, AND ALSO WALKS THE DOGS.....
...........YES, WE WILL MISS JIMBO

..............FRAN AND JIMMY

GETTING IT TOGETHER!

HI EVERYONE!
...WELL I THINK I FINALLY GOT THIS JOURNAL INTO BLOGSPOT...
JIMMY HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT AND FINALLY DID IT!
THE PROBLEM IS THAT JIMMY CREATED THIS BLOGSPOT JOURNAL MANY MONYHS AGO........SO, THERE WAS SOME PROBLEM....FOR SOME STRANGE REASON IT PRINTS UP AS BEING A PRIVATE JOURNAL...
NOW, TO GET TO THIS JOURNAL, DO THIS.....
GO TO GOOGLE...PRINT "REFLECTIONSOFAPRISONWIFE."
....it will be at the top of the page.....CLICK ON IT......THEN CLICK ON THE BLOGSPOT LINK ..

YESTERDAY WE WENT TO AN ACTION APPAISEL, AT A LOCAL CHURCH.....IT WAS FUN!
WE BOUGHT 5 OF MY NANCY DREW BOOKS.....THEY ARE THE ORIGINALS WITH THE ORIGINAL COVERS....
WE WERE SO SUPRISED THAT THE BOOKS WERE WORTH $50 EACH.....WELL OVER THE PRICE WE PAID FOR THEM......HE TOLD US HE HAS SEEN HARDT BOY BOOKS WORTH 1000 DOLLARS FOR 1 BOOK...............NOW, WE WILL KEEP SEARCHING ON E- NAY AND YARDSALES!........WHO KNOWS WHAT WE WILL FIND!
WE LIKE ANTIQUE ROADSHOW, AND ENJOY DOING THINGS LIKE THIS...

................JIMMY AND FRAN

COLUMBUS DAY

TODAY IS COLUMBUS DAY1 EARLIER I WAS WATCHING THE COLUMBUS DAY PARADE ON TV...
YESTERDAY, JIMMY AND I WENT TO SEASIDE TO ENJOY THE EVENTS...........THERE WAS A COMBUS DAY PARADE THERE, AND AN ITALIAN FESTIVAL THERE.....OH YEAH, WE'RE SO LUCKY TO BE ITALIAN!.....(i have blonde hair and blue eyes, so no one would believe it!)
THERE WERE ZILLIONS OF PEOPLE THERE, AND THE WEATHER WAS BRIGHT AND SUNNY AND WARM. AFTERWARDS WE WENT UP ON THE BOARDWALK AND SAT ON A BENCH, LIKE WE NORMALLY DO. STILL, SO MANY PEOPLE!..........SO WE ENJOYED A SAUSAGE AND PEPPER SANDWHICH AND SHARED A SLICE OF PIZZA...........THE SEAGULLS WERE FLYING ALL AROUND US, AND ONE NEARLY LANDED ON MY HEAD! (he was about an inch above my head!)..........IN THE LATE AFTERNOON, THE OCEAN BREEZE BLEW IN AND I FELT A LITTLE COOL.....SO JIMMY WENT TO DUNKIN DONUTS ON THE BOARDWALK, AND BROUGHT ME A NIC CUP OF DELIOUS HOT COFFEE!

SO, ALL IN ALL, OUR DAY WAS A PLEASANT ONE!
................................................FRAN

I'M HERE!

I AM HERE NOW!............JIMMY HELPED ME TO GET HERE.............FORTUNATLY JIMMY CREATED THIS ACCOUNT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, SO IT WASN'T HARD TO TRANSFER MY ACCOUNT HERE.
i really don'y like what ao; did to us, but who am i to say anything!
NOW, HERE WE AGO AGAIN LEARNING SOMETHING NEW.................WEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE, FRAN AND JIMMY

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SEI. 17, 2006

SEPT. 17, 2006 WAS THE DAY THAT JIMMY CAME HOME FROM PRISON..............AND WE STILL REMEMBER THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE, THAT DAY...............VERY WELL...............

JIMMY WAS ACTUALLY IN A HALF WAY HOUSE ....VOA...IN CAMDEN, NJ.

HE WAS  RELEASED AT 8AM, THAT DAY.  FORTUNALY, WE HAD SOMEONE TO DRIVE HIM HOME.........IT TAKES 1.5 HR.S, TO GET HOME.................IF HE HAD TO RIDE THE BUS, IT WOULD EVEN TAKE LONGER.

NOW, ALL YOU PRISONN WIVES, LISTEN TO  ME......

THE PRISON SYSTEM MAKES IT VERY HARD ON EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED............

ALL PRISONERS HAVE TO REPORT THAT SAME DAY TO THE PAROLE OFFICE IN A DISTANT CITY...........

SO.  JIMMY GOT HOME AROUND 10 AM............WE ASKED THE PERSON TO PLEASE DRIVE US TO THE NEARBY CAR RENTAL PLACE...........WE GOT THERE, AND WHAT A HASSEL!.....THEY WPOLD NOT ALLOW US TO RENT A CAR, BECAUSE I DID NOTHAVE A JERSY LICENSE............I OMLY HAD A NEVADA LICEMSE, AND JIMMY JERSEY LICENSE WAS EXPIRD...........WE DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE OUR JAGUAR, SINCE THE PLATES WERE STILL NEVADA PLATES..........AND TRUTHFULLY I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF MY EYESIGHT......................

WHAT WERE WE TO DO!

WE HAD TO GO TO RED BANK, NJ...........WHICH IS AROUND 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE WE LIVE!.................and, it had to be today!

WE WENT HOME AND ASKED SEVERAL NEIGHBORS..............A MAN HAS A CAR DIVER SERVICE.................EVERUONE LET US DOWN.

I CALLED JIMMY'S FATHER AND MY SISTER...........NO.THEY COUNDN'T DO IT...........

then my aunt who lives nearby, called me to see HOW I WAS DOING...............WHAT A BLESSING!

A FEW MINUTES LATER SHE WAS AT OUR DOOR, IN HER BEAUATIFUL WHITE LINCOLN, WITH HER BOYFRIEND DRIVING, AND HER LITTLE DOG...A MALTESE...MIMI.......AT HE SIDE.

THEY TOOK US TO RED BANK, AND HAD TO WAIT OVER  2 HOURS,AT THE PARLE OFFICE................WE WERE SO THANKFUL...

JIMMY TOLD ME, IN THE PAROLE OFFICE, SOMEone  MUTTERED, "OH, HE FINALLY GOT HERE."..............he said nothing....(JIMMY ALWAYS LEARNED TO SAY NOTHING)

AS U CAN SEE, IT WAS STRESSFUL ALL ALONG THE WAY........WE ARE HAPPY THAT WE ARE 2 YEARS INTO THIS, AND ONLY AROUND 10

MONTHS To GO!

A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT, JIMMY'S PAROLE OFFICER SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE, ALONG WITH ANOTHER MALE OFFICER..............EVERYTHING WAS OK.........THEY LOOK ALL AROUND.............EVERTHING WAS NEAT AND TIDY.........SEVERal WEEKS LATER, JIMMY'S CURRENT PAROLE OFFICER SHOWED UP AND WOULD APPEAR EVERY 2 WEEKS OR SO.

ONCE YOUR HUSBAND GETS A JOB, THEY STRETCH IT OUT TO EVERY MONTH....THEN 2 AND 3 MONTHS TO REPORT TO PAROLE....

YES, THAT FIRST DAY, AND THE DAYS FOLLOWING, WERE VERY STRESSFUL////////////

BYE FOR NOW............TIME TO SPOON!

................love, fran

 

CRYSTAL AND PRINCE

JIMMY TOOK BOTH DOGS FOR A REAL LONG, AROUND OUR COMPLEX THIS MORNING......................HE HELD PRINCE ON HIS RIGHT ARM, AND CRYSTAL ON HIS LEFT...................BOTH JUST LOVED IT!..(WE LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY, AND THE COMPLEX IS ON A CIRCLE)

THE ONLY THING IS THAT PRINCE LOVES TO SMELL EVERYTHING ALONG THE WAY, AND CRYSTAL JUST LOVES TO KEEP RUNNING, AT A FAST PACE!

CAN YOU JUST PICTURE THIS LITTLE 10 LB. DOG, A WHITE MALTESE, AND PRINCE A 60 LB. OR MORE, BLACK LAB COLLIE!................SO CUTE...................AND THEY LOVE EACH OTHER!

WHEN I WAS A CHILD , I LOVED "NANCY DREW BOOKS.".  I READ JUST ABOUT EVERY BOOK, AND COLLECTED THEM ALL.  I STARTED WHEN I WAS AROUND 7 YEARS OLD, READING THEM.......... HOWVER, THOUGH THE YEARS THEY JUST ABOUT ALL DISAPPEARED, EXCEPT FOR A FEW.

NOW,MY LATEST HOBBY IS COLLECTING ALL THE ORIGINAL BOOKS...............THE BOOKS DATE BACK TO THE 1930'S............THERE ARE 52 ORIGINALS.................SO I GO ON EBAY, AND MAKE A BID.............SO FAR WE HAVE 25 OR MORE OF THE ORIGINALS..............IT IS A LOT OF FUN, AND JIMMY HELPS ME TO BID FOR THEM!.

WELL, BYE FOR NOW!

............................................FRAN AND JIMMY

CRUSTAL RUNS ABOUT

I AM SITTING BY THE COMPUTER, AND CRYSTAL IS RUNNING ABOUT THE HOUSE.................SHE RUNS TO ME AND LOOKS AT ME, AND THEN RUBS TROUGHOUT THE HOUSE!..............SHE IS SO CUTE!

MISTY, THE CAT, IS ON THE BED, AND LIKES ME TO PET HER...........JIMBO, THE OTHER CAT, IS IN THE KITCHEN, LOOKING FOR FOOD, AS USUAL.............THAT IS HIS MAIN POST, AS HE ALWAYS LIKES TO LOOK FOR FOOD!...........AND OUR BEAUTIFUL DOG PRINCE IS UNDER THE BED, ON JIMMY'/S SIDE, WHICH IS HIS FAVORITE SPOT!.........AS YOU ALL KNOW, PRINCE WAS WITH ME THROUGH THE 3.5  YEARS OF JIMMY'S INCARCERATION, AND HE PROTECETED ME EVER MINUTE OF EVERYDAY.........EVEN NOW, EVERYTIME SOMEONE PASSES BY, HE IS UP AT THE WINDOW AND BARKING.....JIMMY WALKS PRINCE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.................AND ALL THE DOGS ARE PRINCES FRIENDS......THIS MORNING HE MET "MARIA," his girlfriend dog, whom he just loves!...JIMMY ALSO PUTS PRINCE ON A TETHER OUTSIDE, AND HE JUST LOVES IT!  (for short periods of time)...........PRINCE IS AN 11 YEAR OLD LAB-BORDIE COLLIE,,,,,,,,,,BLACK, AND WE HAVE HIM SINCE HE WAS 3 MONTHS OLD............HE WAS ALSO AN ABUSED DOG, SO IT TOOK A LOT OF PATIENCE AND LOVE........................NOW, HE IS THE GREATEST, AND JUST LOVES HIS LITTLE SISTER, CRYSTAL.

MAYBE LATER JIMMY WILL BE ABLE TO PUT SOME PIX IN HERE.

BYE FOR NOW!....................FRAN AND JIMMY

2 YEARS HOME

HI EVERYONE!

SEPT. 18, 2008 WILL BE 2 YEARS THAT JIMMY IS HOME.  AS U ALL KNOW, JIMMY SPENT 3.5 YEARS IN PRISON.........AND GUESS WHAT!  ONLY 10 MORE MONTHS TO GO, AND HE WILL DONE WITH PAROLE!!!!

WE HAVE A VERY NICE PAROLE OFFICER.........SHE VISITS OUR HOUSE WHENEVER SHE WANTS..............AND SHE LOVES OUR DOGS AND CATS!

ALSO JIMMY REPORTS TO PAROLE EVERY 2- 3 MONTHS.  ACTUALLY, WE CAN;T WAIT TILL IT'S ALL OVER!.........BUT BEING POSITIVE PEOPLE, WE DON'T LET IT GET IN THE WAY OF LIFE..........WE DO THINGS, AND GO PLACES!

WE ENJOY GOING OUT TO EAT, GOING TO THE OCEAN AND TO 6 FLAGS...........THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND BOARDWALK IS ON LY AROUND 10 MILES AWAY!

AT THIS TIME, WE ARE SLOWLY  PLANNING OUR RETURN TO LAS VEGAS...........AFTER PAROLE IS A;; OVER, THAT IS.

NOW, WOMEN OUT THERE, REALIZE THAT ONCE YOUR HUSBAND COMES HOME FROM PRISON, IT IS MANDATORY THAT HE WORK..................A LOT OF JOBS DON'T WANT A FELON............IT IS ALWAYS PART OF THE APPLICATION......BUT PLEASE, DON'T WORRY.........THERE ARE PLENTY OF JOBS OUT THERE..........help your husband to be creative in looking for jobs1

JIMMY AND I CURRENTLY OWN 38 GUMBALL MACHINES.  THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ..........TOGETHER WE GO AND REFILL THEM............IT IS SO MUCH FUN!.........WE DO THIS FOR "THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION OF THE BLIND.".........AS YOU ALL KNOW, I AM LEGALLY BLIND, AND CARRY A WHITE WALKING STICK.

JIMMY AND I STILL SPOON IN BED EVERY NIGHT!.....AND AS KELLY, IN "REGIS AND KELLY," SAID, "SPOONING IN BED LEADS TO FORKING!"

NOW I HAVE SOME VERY GOOD NEWES TO TELL YOU!

3 WEEKS AGO, WE GOT A NEW LITTLE DOG.............SHE IS A 4 YEAR OLD MALTESE..........ALL WHITE AND SO BEAUTIFUL!........HER NAME IS CRYSTAL!...............SHE IS A RESCUED DOG..................THIS DOG WAS FOUND IN THE CITY OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, TIED TO A POLE IN THE CITY...........ALL MATTED AND STARVING...........SHE AS AN ABUSED DOG..............HOW THEY EVER DID THIS TO HER, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.............

ODDLY ENOUGH THE RESCUERS NAMED HER CRYSTAL....MY SCREEN NAME.

WE WENT TO PETCO, BECAUSE WE WANTED A LITTLE DOG, AS A FRIEND FOR PRINCE OUR 60 LB. BLACK LAB-COLLIE..........

THE TENTS WERE THERE WITH ALL THESE DOGS FOR ADOPTION..............................AS SOON AS WE SAW HER, AND HER NAME WAS CRYSTAL..........I SAID, "THAT'S THE ONE!"

WE TOOK HER HOME AND MADE HER A PART OF OUR FAMILY.............

CRYSTAL SUDDENLY DID THINGS THAT SHE HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE!

SHE RUNS THRU THE HOUSE..............SHE EATS FOOD.........SHE HAS PLENTY OF TOYS, AND PRINCE JUST LOVES HER.............MISTY AND JIMBO JUST LOVE HER TOO, AND ALL 4 PLAY TOGETHER...PRINCE IS VERY PROTECTIVE TOWARDS HER.

CRYSTAL IS ONLY 10 LBS...........WE LOVE HER SO MUCH!........WE PET HER......... WE KISS HER....WE GIVE HER SO MUCH LOVE!

SHE DOES HAVE ALOT OF EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS NECAUSE SHE WAS ABUSED............BUT GRADUALLY WE ARE WORKING THAT, AND SHE ISGETTING BETTER EVERYDAY!...........SHE JUST LOVES OUR HAPPY HOME!

BYE FOR NOW!..................FRAN AND JIMMY

 

 

 

LIFE GOES ON!

WELL HERE IT IS.......THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST 2008!...........PRISON SEEMS A MILLION MILES AWAY.  OR DOES IT?!

JIMMY HAS BEEN HOME ALMOST 2 YEARS NOW.  I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT MUCH ANYMORE..................BUT SOME DAYS I JUST CAN'T HELP IT................AND I STILL HOPE THIS JOURNAL HELPS THOSE THAT ARE STILL GOING THROUGH IT

MORE LATER!.....................FRAN

life goes on

HELLO!  SORRY  I HAVEN'T WRITTEN LATELY........

WELL, LIFE GOES ON!

THE FALL BECAME THE WINTER, AND NOW WE ARE INTO THE SPRING.......

JIMMY IS CLEANING THE HOUSE, AND GETTING THINGS ORGANIZED..........TOMORROW WE ARE HAVING A BAR B QUE, AND HAVE INVITED AROUND 10 PEOPLE..........

I AM JUST WRITING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL.......EVERYTHING IS ON THE UP AND UP!...................fran and jimmy

HAVING A LAUGH

For the silly lady who made the comment...........lighten UP.............Look, for 3 and a half years, Jimmy and I went through Hell............My husband says I suffered much more then him..............That is why we try to look at ALL things with a smile..........yes Kids have cell  phones................But do they have 4 each, and   that cost over $600.00 a peice ...............I hope to heaven not...........We are just busy people trying to make the best of our time together............making money having fun .not breaking the law and now hurtting anyone.or thing. But help those we can.

As for going throught his cell phones.......wallet............and drawers........Is there a parent who does not go throught her kids things.........I love my Jimmy.he loves.........I do not want him ever do do anything to get himself into trouble.............Know  what.......he tease me about it.....tell pever one I go through he stuff..............But He knows I love him, that is what I do it. . he feels loved  because I do it.He make mistakes in his live, my job is to help him never to do it again.

Please Moms............check your kids.....and even your husbands.............you know that on line porn.............As for Jimmy and  I, we do not need porn..........Ou entire bedroom is mirrored

Fran...........

 

 

moving ahead

HELLO!

JIMMY READ THE LAST ENTRY.  HE SAID I MADE A BIG MISTAKE...................SO SORRY!

HE SAYS HE DISTINCTLY REMEMBERS MAKING LOVE TO ME ON THE NIGHT BEFORE HE WENT TO PRISON.  SORRY, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER IT    :)

I CANNOT SAY THAT I DID OR DID NOT HAVE AN ORGASIM!....I JUST DO NOT REMEMBER!...............AS TIME GOES ON, I CAN;T REMEMBER EVERYTHING.

I HOPE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT JIMMY AND I MADE LOVE EVERY DAY AND NIGHT FOR THE 2 YEARS WE WERE MARRIED BEFORE HE WENT TO PRISON...............AND THAT IS A LOT OF LOVE MAKING FOR 2 PEOPLE....................WE ARE VERY SEXUAL PEOPLE.....................AND THAT IS WHY I HATED IT WHEN JIMMY WRNT TO PRISON...........I  MISSED HIM SO MUCH..................TOUCHING ME, KISSING ME, AND MAKING LOVE TO ME!..............I WAS NO LONGER USED TO BEING ALL ALONE.

NOW, WE ARE TOGETHER ALL THE TIME.   I WAS JUST NOW LYING IN BED WITH JIMMY IN HIS ARMS.

TODAY WE TOOK A RIDE TO  SEASIDE....THE JERSEY SHORE.  IT WAS BRIGHT ABD SUNNY AND WARM.  THE PEOPLE WERE BUSY OPENING THE CONCESSIONS.  THEN WE WENT OUT TO DINNER, AT OUR FAVORITE CHINESE BUFFET.

JIMMY RECENTLY BOUGHT ME A BLACKBERRY CELL PHONE............THE TOP OF THE LINE, WITH A BEAUTIFUL LEATHER CASE.  HE ALSO BOUGHT ME A SECOND CELL PHONE, IN CASE I DON'T LIKE THE BLACkberry!...........

WE ALSO HAVE A CAR PHONE IN OUR CADALAC.

JIMMY CARRIES 2 CELL PHONES...........PALM TRIO.........WHICH HE JUST LOVES.........

AND DON'T FORGET THE HOUSEPHONES............WE HAVE 3 PHONES, AND A FAX .

 

AND NO, HE NOT BACK TO DEALING DRUGS, AS YOU ALL MAY THINK!

THE REASON FOR ALL THESE PHONES, IS WE ARE NOW  RUNNING MANY BUSNISES.

I'M JUST SUCH A NAUGHTY GIRL!  I GO THROUGH JIMMY'S CELL PHONES WHENEVER I CAN..............I READ HIS MESSAGES AND LISTEN TO HIS VOICE MAIL................AFTER ALL, I HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF JIMMY, AND MAKE SURE HE DOES NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG!

ONE DAY I WENT THROUGH THE WALLET IN HIS POSKET.  IN THE MORNING HE GOT UP, AND SEARCHED HIS PANTS POSKET, FOR HIS WALLET..................YOU SEE, EVERY MAN KEEPS HIS WALLET IN TE RIGHT HAND BACK POKET.  WELL, I MADE A MISTAKE AND PUT IT IN HIS LEFT HAND POCKET..............WELL, I'LL NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT!......I PUT IT BACK INTO THE WRONG POCKET...................AND, PAROLE OFFICER JUST LOVES THAT STORY!...............WE MET HIS ATTORNEY THE OTHER DAY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,AND THE ATTORNEY AND PAROLE OFFICER ARE SO HAPPY I'M KEEPING JIMMY STRAIGHT................HOWEVER, NOT THAT I EVER DOUBT JIMMY WILL DO ANYTHING WRONG!............THEY ARE JUST HAPPY THAT I'M ALERT AND CONCERNED.............

SEE YOU LATER!

...................................FRAN

 

5 years to the day........March 28, 2003

5 YEARS AGO..................MARCH 28, 2003, JIMMY WENT TO JAIL.....THEN PRISON.

YOU SEE, JIMMY ALWAYS SAID IT WOULD ONLY BE AROUND 6  MONTHS, AND HE WOULD GET HOUSE ARREST.............HE TOLD ME THAT OVER AND OVER, SINCE WE GOT MARRIED IN 2001.

THOSE SIX MONTHS TURNED INTO 3 1/2 YEARS.

JIMMY WANTED ME HERE IN JERSEY WITH HIM...........SO, I LEFT ALL MY FRIENDS AND THE PEOPLE I KNEW BACK IN VEGAS............OVER HERE, I BARELY KNEW ANYONE,  AND THOSE I KNEW, REALLY DID NOT CARE ABOUT ME............

SO, I WAS HAPPY TO BE NEAR MY HUSBAND.

BUT THOSE 3 1/2 YEARS WERE TOUGH FOR ME.

JIMMY SAYS PRISON IS REALLY NO STRUGGLE FOR HIM.  AFTER ALL, HE'D BEEN THERE BEFORE.

HE SIMPLY OBEYED THE RULES AND FOLLOWED HIS ORDERS..........HE WOKED IN THE PRISON AND SAW PEOPLE..............AS FOR ME, I SAW NO ONE AND NEVER TALKED..................YOU SEE, I BECAME A RECLUSE FOR 3 1/2 YEARS.

RECENTLY MY SISTER WHO LIVES 5 MINUTES FROM HERE TOLD MY HUSBAND, "I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE IN PRISON. I KNEW THE ACTUAL DAY YOU WENT IN."...........................NOW, I ASK ALL OF YOU OUT THERE," ISN'T THIS JUST SHOCKING TO KNOW.................

SHE NOW SAYS SHE FELT IT WAS A PERSONAL MATTER, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO INTERFERE

ISN'T SHE SO VERY NICE, I ASK YOU??????????????????

SO.I WAS ALONE FOR 3 1/2 YEARS.

SPOKE LITTLE AND ACTUALLY HATED EVERYONE.......ACTUALLY I HATED THE WHOLE WORLD.

NOW AFTER 5 YEARS, JIMMY AND I REMINESSED ABOYT IT A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

THAT NIGHT, JIMMY SAT ON THE CHAIR NEAR THE BED, AND I WENT TO HIM AND SAID,  "LET'S GO RIGHT NOW. LET'S RUN AWAY.  PUT THE ANIMALS IN THE CAR, AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY."

JIMMY SAID "NO."

HE COULD NOT DO IT TO HIMSELF, OR ME.  HE HAD TO DO IT AND GET I DONE AND OVER WITH.  HE SAID, " ONCE WE RUN, WE WILL HAVE TO RUN FOREVER, AND THEN I MIGHT GET CAUGHT AND WILL HAVE EVEN A LONGER TERM.'  "NO....I  LOVE YOU AND CANNOT DO IT TO YOU."

AND SO THAT FATEFULL NIGHT, WE GOT INTO BED, AND JIMMY HELD ME ALL NITE.............SO TIGHT,I THOUGHT MY BONES WOULD BREAK.

TRUTHFULLY, THAT WAS ONE NIGHT I COULD NOT EVEN MAKE LOVE TO JIMMY..............."I JUST WAS NOT N THE MOOD.".................I WAS TOO DEPRESSED...........TO O UPSET..........TOO SCARED...................TOO UNHAPPY........................................................YOU NAME IT, AND I WAS IT!

AT 4 AM, WE GOT UP.  JIMMY TOOK ME AND SAT ME DOWN IN THE CHAIR. HE WENT OVER EVERYTHING I WAS TO KNOW.  I HAD A LITTLE NOTEBBOK, AND JIMMY TOLD ME ALL THE THINGS TO DO IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

THEN WE WENT BACK TO BED.

JIMMY'S FATHER AND HIS FRIEND CARMEN CAME TO PICK HIM UP TO TAKE HIM TO COURT...........AND YES, THOSE BASTARDS CAME AN HOUR EARLY, ON PURPOSE.............WE WANTED OUR PRIVATE TIME TOGETHER, SO JIMMY MADE THEM WAIT.......................

AS JIMMY WALKED OUT THE FRONT DOOR, I STOOD IN FRONT OF HIM..............I LEANED OVER, ONTO HIS CHEST AND SAID, "THIS IS SURREAL. I CAN'T BELIEVE THS IS HAPPENING."

AND THEN, IN A FLASH HE WAS GONE........

THE HOUSE WAS SO SILENT.

I BEGGED TO GO TO COURT WITH HIM, BUT HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO SEE THEM PUTTING HANDCUFFS ON HIM, AND TAKING HIM TO THE JAIL.................HIS FATHER DROPPED HIM OFF IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE...........ISN'T THAT NICE!................JUST AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED.  JIMMY HAD ASKD HIS FATHER TO BUY ME A JAR OF MAYO..............THAT FATBER IN LAW IS SO NICE, THAT HE LEFT THE JAR ON THE FRONT PORCH, AS I STAYED IN THE HOUSE IN A TOTAL DAZE.

I WAITED FOR JIMMY'S CALL/

NO FOOD. NO DRINK................NO TV...........NO RADIO...........................I SAT AND SIMPLY STARRED AT THE WALL.

I LOST 75 LBS. IN 7 MONTHS...............I COULD COT EAT ANYMORE.

AFTER A FEW DAYS, I LOOKED AT BEDSIDE.  SITTING THERE WAS A CAN OF DIET COFE I HAD OPENED A FEW DAYS AGO.  THEN I REALIZES I JUST HAD TO FORCE MYSELF TO GO TO THE KITCHEN FOR SOME FOOD AND DRINK.

BOW, AFTER 5 YEARS, THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL.............IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE SAILING AHEAD.

THE OTHER DAY I TOLD JIMMY THAT I FEEL LIKE I NEVER HAD THE STROKE 1 1/2 YEARS AGO.   MY SPEECH IS SUDSENLY PERFECT, AND MY COGNITVE  ABILITY IS BETTER THAN EVER.....................DON'T FORGET, THOUGH, THAT I AM BLIND.............LIKE THE NEW GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK!

SEE YOU ALL LATER!

FRAN AND JIMMY

 

A ROSE

HELLO!

TODAY, EXACTLY 1 YEAR AGO  (that is, on the 22 nd of January), I HAD A STROKE.....................THE DOCTORS THEN FOUD THAT I HAD HAD AT LEAST 5 PREVIOUS STROKES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.............

NOW.....................ALL OF THAT IS IN THE PAST..................

JIMMY SURPRISED ME BY GIVING ME 1 RED ROSE TODAY.......................HE WASNTED TO ASSURE ME  THAT HE HAD NOT FORGOTTEN, AND ALL THAT IS IN THE PAST!

I AM A MUCH CHANGED PERSON SINCE LAST YEAR, WHEN I COULD NOT TALK OR THINK (AS MY COGNITIVE ABILITY WAS JUST ABOUT ZERO)...........................NOW I AM ALERT AND AS SHARP AS A BUTTON.........................WE LOVE TO WATCH ALL THE GAMAE SHOWS ( LIKE JEOPARDY AND DEAL OR NO DEAL)

EVERY DAY MY SPEECH AND  COGNITIVE ABILITY GETS BETTER ABD BETTER!

......................TODAY, JIMMY TOOK ME TO TRENTON  (FOR BUSINESS MEETINGS).......................THEN WE HAD DINNER AT THE MARRIOT HOTEL......................IT WAS BEAUTFUL, AND THE FOOD DELICOUS!

I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR READING THIS JOURNAL!

.......................................................FRAN AND JIMMY

PS................DEAR MANDYMEME,

                     THANKS FOR THE UPDATE OF YOUR LIFE, AND I AM SO GLAD YOU HUSBAND IS HOME!

HAPPY AND HEALTHY!

JUST TO SAY "HELLO," AND WRITE A BRIEF NOTE...................

EVERYTHING IS GOING VERY WELL IN OUR LIVES!

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY, HERE IN SOUTH JERSEY..............BUT VERY COLD..........

I AM FEELING SO MUCH BETTER, AND IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS NEVER SICK!

WE ARE NOW TRYING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WE KNOW, WHOM WE LOST CONTACT WITH.........

......................

LIFE GOES ON AND IT SEEMS A MILLION MILES AWAY SINCE JIMMY WAS IN PRISON..............

HOWEVER, I STILL REMEMBER THOSE 3.5 YEARS......ALWAYS REMEMBER "IF I COULD DO IT, SO CAN YOU."...................IT IS NOT EASY, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE.......................

JIMMY IS TAKING HIS SHOWER, AND WE WILL GO OUT IN A LITTLE WHILE.............

JIMMY AND I ARE MORE IN LOVE THAN EVER!................IF YOU SEE US, WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE KISSING AND HUGGING, AND HOLDING HANDS!............................HE SAYS HE CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT ME..........AND I FEEL THE SAME.

WE ARE A HAPPY FAMILY OF 5...............THAT IS, HUSBAND, WIFE, 2 CATS AND DOG....................OUR ANIMALS ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER, AND FEEL SO LOVED............

............SAYING BYE FOR NOW...............

FRAN

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE

I'M BACK ONCE AGAIN!

SORRY I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IN A LONG TIME...............

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WAS QUITE AN UNEXPECTED, MESSY TIME FOR US........

I WAS VERY SICK AGAIN..........

ON DECEMBER 8, WE WENT TO MY SISTER'S HOUSE FOR A LITTLE GATHERING..............I HAD HAD A HEAD COLD, AND MY BOUT OF BRONCHITIS ALL WEEK................LITTLE DID I KNOW!..............WE LEFT HER HOUSE AT 9PM...........AT THAT POINT, JIMMY SAID HE WAS TAKING ME STRAIGHT TO THE ER, AS I WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING...............

ONCE IN THE CAR, JIMMY REALIZED I WAS GETTING WORSE.................HE PULLED OVER AND CALLED "ON STAR," WHICH WE HAVE FOR EMERGENCYS......................THE POLICE WERE THER IN SECONDS................HE GOT THE OXYGEN ON ME, AND 2 AMNULNCES WERE THERE IN SECONDS..............IT WAS A VERY COLD NIGHT, A ROAD THAT IS A WELL TRAVELLED ROAD, BUT WINDS THROUGH THE DARK SOUTH JERSEY WOODS.....

ONCE IN THE AMBULANCE, I JUST COULD NOT LAY DOWN, AS I FELT I WAS DROWNING.................JIMMY FOLLOWED IN OUR CAR...............

ONCE IN THE ER, I WAS COUGHING SO WILDLY....AND CRYING.................I JUST COULD NOT BREATH.......................FINALLY, THEY BEGAN GIVING ME MAJOR DIURETICS TO GET THE FLIUD OUT...................

THE PULSE OX WAS 89, WHICH IS NOT  GOOD  (WITH O2 ON)............

THEY TOOK CXY'S, AND HOOKED ME UP TO THE CARDIAC MONITOR...........AS I ALSO HAVE A RIGHT BUNDLE BRACNH BLOCK.............................

IT WAS ALL SO SCARY FOR ME, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE..................AND THE DOCTOR SAID IF I DIDN'T GET TO THE HOSPITAL IN TIME, I  JUST MIGHT BE...........

I HAVE A VERY GOOD DOCTOR.....................I STAYED IN THE HOS[ITAL FOR 10 DAYS, AND HE PUT OVER 10 SPECIALIZED DOCTORS ON MY CASE...................SO, ALL DAY EVERY DAY, DOCORR'S WERE WALKING IN AND OUT OF MY ROOM.............

WE HAD THE NEROLOGIST, THE NEPHOLOGIST, THE GASTRENTERLOGIST, THE UROLOGIST, THE CARDIOLOGIST, THE ENDRCRINLOGIST, THE VASCUKAR DOCTOR, THE PSYCHITRIST, AMONGST MANY OTHERS................

............AND...............I WENT FO ZILLIONS OF TESTS.................

I HAD 3 MORE MRI'S WITH CONTRAST.................NO FURTHER STOKES!

MANY XRAYS OF MY SPINE AND NECK.............ULTRASOUNDS OF MY ABDOMEN AND KIDNEYS, ETC...................

WHAT THEY DID FIND IS THAT MY LEFT KIDNEY IS A VERY SMALL KIDNEY.........THEY ARE WATCHING MY CREATININE LEVEL, WHICH WAS A BIT ELEVATED..............NEXT WEEK I'LL GO THE KIDNEY DOCTOR, FOR MORE TESTS!

WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL, I NEEDED TO BE TRANSFUSED WITH 2 UNITS OF PACKED CELLS, AS I WAS SEVERLY ANEMIC WITH A HBG. OS 8.2...................I GOT A SHOT TO INCREASE MY BONE MARROW PRODUCTION, AS THE DOCTORS ARE NOT SURE WHY I GET SO ANEMIC.........THEY WANT TO CHECK ME OUT, AS I MAY HAVE A BLOOD DISODER THAT MAKES ME VERY ANEMIC..............

AND..........ONE MORE THING..............THE DOCTOR'S WANT TO PUT A STENT IN MY BRAIN, BECAUSE OF THE STROKE I HAD LAST YEAR...................WE GO FOR MY EVALUATION NEXT WEEK, BUT I DOUBT I WILL HAVE IT IMPLANTED IN ME...............................

SO, THAT'S ABOUT IT!.....................JIMMY WAS WITH ME ALL TH TIME, AND TOOK CARE ME ALL THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S........................

SORRY IF I SOUND DEPRESSING TO TELL YOU ALL THIS.........

HOWEVER, ONE GOOD THING IS THAT  AM 54 YEAR'S OLD,, AND DON'T REALLY LOOK MY AGE....................THE DOCTOR'S ALL LOOK AT ME, AND SAY YOU SO HEALTHY, EVEN THOUGH SO MANY THINGS ARE WRONG!

AND SO THAT'S IT!  I REFUSE TO BE SICK!..................JIMMY LET ME REST AS MUCH AS I WANTED, SO NOW I FEEL A LITTLE BETTER

I KNOW THIS IS A JOURNAL ABOUT BEING A "PRISONER'S WIFE."........................................I SHARE MY THOUGHTS WITH YOU.......................THE UPS AND DOWNS, THE GOOD AND BAD........................

..................I AM STILL BY MY HUSBAND'S SIDE

.............HE DOES NO WRONG............HE GOES TO PAROLE AS HE SHOULD AND THE PAROLE OFFICER COMES HERE WHENEVER SHE WISHES...............

................SO THAT IS WHAT I SUGGEST, TO ALL OF YOU THAT WRITE TO ME.................BE STRONG FOR YOUR HUSBAND......................EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO OTHER PEOPLE TO HELP YOU.......................I KNOW YOU ARE DEPRESSED, JUST AS I WAS........................BUT SOMEHOW TRY TO GET THROUGH IT DAY BY DAY................

I KNOW IT WAS THE HOLIDAYS, AND YOUR HUSBAND IS AWAY.........SO IT IS VERY HARD TO BE JOYFUL..............THE WHOLE ISSUE OF HAVING SOMEONE IN PRISON IS VERY DISTRESSING........................

....................FRAN