.....SO HAPPY!

WE ARE SO HAPPY! JIMMY CALLED ME 3 TIMES TODAY....HE SOUNDS SO GOOD, LAUGHING AND JOKING WITH ME!........HE IS COUNTING THE DAYS UNTIL HE COMES HOME IN MARCH, ON PAROLE.......HE ALREADY IS MAKING LISTS, AND TELLING ME EXACTLY WHAT HE WILL DO WHEN HE GETS HERE, AROUND THE HOUSEHOLD....AND DON'T WORRY, I'M INCLUDED IN THAT!.....HE  SAYS HE'LL PUT ME BACK IN TRAINING AGAIN, SINCE IT HAS BEEN 3 YEARS THAT HE HAS BEEN HOME, EXCEPT FOR THE 8 FURLOUGHS.......NOW, WHEN I SAY 'TRAINING, " I DON'T MEAN CLEANING THE HOUSE AND COOKING.  NO, I MEAN 'LOVE-MAKING!"..........SO, I GUESS I'D BETTER REST UP, BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH, AS I'LL HAVE A LOT OF WORK, (or play), WHEN HE GETS HERE.....MY HUSBAND IS A MAN WHO IS ALWAYS FULL OF ENERGY...HE IS VERY ENERGETIC......A MAN LET OUT OF PRISON, WHO WAS THERE FOR 3 YEARS.....I BETTER WATCH OUT!

I'VE BEGUN TO FEEL SO GOOD, I EVEN GOT UP AT 11 AM TODAY.....I DID THINGS IN THE HOUSEHOLD, AND MADE A BIG POT OF VEGTABLE SOUP FOR MYSELF, WITH FRESH VEGETABLES, AND INDIAN SPICES.  IT HAS BEEN RAINING HEAVILY ALL DAY AND LAST NIGHT, HERE IN JERSEY...THERE EVEN WERE THUNDERSTORMS ALL LAST NIGHT, WHICH IS UNUSUAL,,,,THEY ARE SAYING IT WILL TURN TO SNOW TONIGHT........SO THINGS ARE STRANGE RIGHT NOW!

WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.....COULD I SAY MORE?.....JIMMY AND I ARE VERY MUCH IN LOVE!.......DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS COMING APRIL IS OUR 5TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, OURS IS STILL A "NEW" LOVE, AND WR BELIEVE IT ALWAYS WILL BE THAT WAY........JIMMY STILL TELLS ME ON THE PHONE THAT "I STILL GIVE HIM CHILLS."..........AND IT IS THE SAME FOR ME...JIMMY STILL GIVES ME CHILLS...........

IT IS MORE THAN CHILLS.........FOR 3 YEARS , DESPITE BEING PHYSICALLY SEPERATED, WE HAVE LAID IN EACH OTHERS ARMS, EVERYNIGHT IN BED......WE HAVE FELT EACH OTHERS PRESENCE AROUND US AT ALL TIMES....I WALK AROUND THE HOUSEHOLD, TALKING TO JIMMY...TELLING HIM THINGS........WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN THIS EXPERIENCE, IS THAT PRISONER'S AND THEIR WIVES DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP FAR SUPERIOR THAN MOST OTHERS,,,,THEIR 6TH SENSE DEVELOPS, EVEN MORE THAN EVER....THERE IS A VERY CEMENTED BOND, BETWEEN THE TWO.....AND DESPITE ALL THE "HORRIFYING " PARTS OF HAVING YOUR HUSBAND IN PRISON, IT IS REALLY THE ULTIMATE STRENGTHENING EXPEIENCE, IN THE LONG RUN........."OUR LOVE CAN SURVIVE PRISON WALLS.".........ANDI HOPE ALL THE PRISONER'S WIVES READING THIS JOURNAL, WILL EXPERIENCE WHAT JIMMY AND I HAVE, IN OUR LOVE.......

GOOD-NIGHT, EVERYONE!                  FRAN