NEW YEAR'S EVE...2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THIS JOURNAL

HI EVERYONE!

MAY YOU ALL HAVE A VERY "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

THIS IS THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THIS JOURNAL, AS I BEGAN WRITING IT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, 2003.  TRUTHFULLY, I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF MUCH HAS EVEN CHANGED IN THOSE 2 YEARS OF LIFE........I STILL SIT HERE, PATIENT, AND AWAIT THE RETURN OF MY HUSBAND.  JIMMY ALWAYS SAYS TO ME, "YOU LIKE TO BE A MARTYR, FRAN, DON'T YOU?".........AND I ALWAYS ANSWER, "YES."..........NOT EXACTLY, A MARTYR FOR MYSELF, BUT i LIKE TO DO IT FOR OTHERS...FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD........FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO ARE JUST TOO BUSY TO EVEN STOP AND THINK, WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT.

AND SO, I SIT HERE, ONCE AGAIN ALONE, ON THIS 3RD NEW YEAR'S EVE....WITH MY 3 ANIMALS.............I RECEIVED SOME PHONE CALLS TODAY, FROM SOME FRIENDS, HERE IN JERSEY, AD IN LAS VEGAS............EVERYONE IS ALWAYS NICE TO ME, AND A PHONE CALL AWAY......

IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE, CELEBRATING TONIGHT, PLEASE ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF IT!

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO READ THIS JOURNAL...SOME ARE FACELESS...AND SOME HAVE BECOME MY FRIENDS!..........YOU ALWAYS ALL SUPPORT ME SO VERY WELL..........YOU COULDN'T HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB!

..........AND ALL YOU PRISONER'S WIVES.........YET, ANOTHER YEAR.........I KNOW YOU ARE ALL SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR MAN

WELL, TO SPEAK UP FOR YOU ALL........I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I MET AND MARRIED A WONDERFUL MAN!.........HE IS A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.........CHEERFUL, FUNNY, INTELLIGENT, HANDSOME.....DASHING AND DEBONAIR, AND YET TOUGH AND STRONG, WHEN HE WANTS TO BE.................BEFORE HE WENT TO PRISON, HE GAVE ME EVERYTHING ANY WOMAN COULD EVER WANT...............AND EVEN IN PRISON, HE PROVIDES FOR ME......HE KEEPS TRACK OF ME, AND THE HOUSEHOLD..............AND NOT A DAY GOES BY, THAT HE TELLS ME THINGS WILL SOON BE DIFFERENT, AND HE IS SORRY FOR DOING THIS TO ME.............

AND SO, HERE WE ARE.........6PM.........NEW YEAR'S EVE........SOON TO BE ANOTHER YEAR.....IT IS NOW AN EXCITING MOMENT IN TIME, AS THE OLD YEAR DISAPPEARS, AND THE NEW YEAR MERGES...........WE ALL START AFRESH, AT THE SAME TIME...

GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE, AND MAY YOU ALL HAVE A 'HAPPY NEW YEAR."......................FRAN