answer to comment

answer to "bvanepps" comment in the previous entry......

"I DO NOTHING BUT WAIT FOR MY HUSBAND...........I RELAX, AND AM A LADY OF LEISURE!...................I DAYDREAM OF JIMMY ALL DAY, EVERY DAY!"................................

ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THAT ANSWER, OR DO YOU WANT SOMETHING ELSE?!

I'VE DONE IT ALL IN MY LIFE!........."BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!".............THAT'S MY MIDDLE NAME!

.................................FRAN........(JUST A WOMAN IN LOVE!..............oddly enough, in love with her husband!.............(AS MOST OF AMERICA ISN'T, WITH A 50 PER CENT DIVORCE RATE IN OUR COUNTRY)

..............WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?........I'M ON WELFARE, WITH 10 OUT OF WEDLOCK KIDS..........USE FOOD STAMPS............SIT AROUND ALL DAY SMOKING AND WATCHING SOAP OPERAS............????????????????/

NOPE, THAT'S NOT ME...............I DON'T FIT INTO THE PUBLIC'S VIEW OF A "PRISONER'S WIFE."............I don't fit into the mold, that society casts upon prisoner's wives.......................

I AM JUST ME.........................FRAN....................THE WIFE OF JIMMY.......................TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT!

I DO EVERYTHING THAT NORMAL PEOPLE DO, ON A DAILY BASIS..............I RUN THE HOUSEHOLD, WITH 3 PETS, AND A SMALL GARDEN ON MY PATIO..........I READ, ALTHOUGH I'M PARTIALLY BLIND, I WATCH TV, MOVIES, SING, LISTEN TO MUSIC, AND DANCE AROUND THE HOUSE.............I WRITE, AND HAVE GOTTEN AROUND 15 ARTICLES AND POEMS AND HAIKUS PUBLISHED IN THE PAST 3 .5 YEARS, SINCE JIMMY HAS BEEN IN PRISON.................YES, I WASH CLOTHES IN MY HOUSEHOLD, ON A DAILY BASIS..............I MOP THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM FLOORS ON A DAILY BASIS....AND VACUUM THE CARPETS EVERY DAY, TOO..............................

I AM A WELL ORGANIZED PERSON.............I MAINTAIN A CERTAIN SCHEDULE FOR MYSELF, ON A DAILY BASIS...................I KEEP RECORDS OF THINGS, THAT YOU COULD NEVER IMAGINE!.......................if something or someone upsets me, i am right there writing a letter, or whatever to ever whom it may concern......i believe in my rights as a human being and citizen of Amerca...............I AM WELL KNOWN FOR WRITING "LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,' FOR MY FEELINGS ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS...............

GOD HAS BLESSED ME VERY MUCH, THROUGHOUT MY LIFETIME...EVEN NOW, WITH A HUSBAND IN PRISON, I FIND WE ARE BEING BLESSED.............

YOU  CAN GO BACK TO THE BEGINNINGS OF THIS JOURNAL, WHERE I TALKED ABOUT MYSELF A LOT..........................

I WAS AN R. N. FOR 28 YEARS.............LOVED IT WHEN I DID IT, BUT HAPPY TO HAVE RETIRED AT THE AGE OF 48, FROM A VERY TAXING JOB............AM A FREE-LANCE WRITER, NOW....HAVE A BSN, FROM FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY, AND A MASTER'S IN EXECUTIVE NURSING FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, TEACHER'S COLLEGE.............HAVE BEEN LISTED IN EDITIONS OF "WHO'S WHO IN YOUNG AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS," AND IN "WHO'S WHO IN YOUNG AMERICAN EXECUTIVES."..BELONGED TO THE INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATION, "KAPPA DELTA PI," (which DR. RUTH WESTHIEMER belonged to), HAD MED-SURG. CERTIFICATION, WAS CHOSEN WHILE WORKING IN LAS VEGAS, AS 'AMBASSADOR OF COURTESY IN LAS VEGAS,' NOMINATED BY ONE OF MY PATIENTS..................GRADUATED WITH A 3.8 CUM. AVERAGE FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AND I AM CURRENTLY A DOCTORAL STUDENT THERE..............TRAVELLED TO 28 COUNTRIES..........SOME I WENT BACK TO 2 OR 3 TIMES, SUCH AS ENGLAND, ITALY, AND PARIS...........HAVE LIVED IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK CITY FOR 16 YEARS, AND LAS VEGAS,FOR 10 YEARS,  AND NOW NEW JERSEY...............AM LICENSED AS AN RN IN 5 STATES....NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, AND WASHINGTON...............................SO, THAT'S ME!.................LOTS OF STUFF!...........FULL OF SURPRISES!.....................PEOPLE TELL ME I AM A FUN PERSON.................ALSO, THAT I AM A KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON .........PEOPLE SAY I'M VERY FUNNY AND COMICAL, AS MY HUSBAND IS TOO, AND WE MAKE A GOOD TEAM............

IN MY JOURNAL, YOU HAVE SEEN ME GROW FROM A VERY DEPRESSED WOMAN, WHO COULD NOT EVEN GET OUT OF BED, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OF WAITING.....................AND NOW, I AM UPLIFTED, AS JIMMY IS GETTING READY TO COME HOME FOR GOOD.......................HOWEVER, I WOULD DO IT AGAIN, AS I LOVE JIMMY.

I AM A WOMAN OF PROGRESS AND MOVING AHEAD..................I COULD NEVER BE STUCK IN A RUT, AS MANY PEOPLE ARE!

I FEEL EVERYONE SHOULD REACH FOR THEIR HIGHEST STAR IN LIFE!.................BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN, AND DO THE BEST!

AND THAT IS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT FOR JIMMY AND MYSELF!................ACHIEVEMENT AND HELPING OTHERS.................TRYING TO MAKE THE WORLD A HAPPIER AND MORE PEACEFUL PLACE, AND A BETTER WORLD TO LIVE IN!

...............AND SO BE IT!...................THAT IS ME!..........sorry if i got side-tracked a little....THERE ARE SO MANY ASPECTS TO ME, THAT IT IS HARD TO WRITE THEM ALL DOWN.  THAT IS WHY JIMMY FELL IN LOVE WITH ME.....................I AM A MULTI-FACETED PERSON....AS HE IS, TOO.  THAT IS WHY WE ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE...............WE ARE ONE AND THE SAME, THAT'S WHY.

NOW, MAY I ASK, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY, AND EVERYDAY?...............do you wash your clothes, and iron them, may i ask?................IF YOU ARE UP TO IT, PLEASE GIVE ME A "BLOW BY BLOW " DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DAY!

MY MOTTO IN LIFE CONSISTS OF 3 WORDS........."PEACE, BALANCE AND HARMONY."

IF HUMAN BEINGS ON OUR PLANET WOULD FOLLOW THIS, THERE WOULD BE NO MORE WARS, NO MORE SICKNESS, NO MORE TRAGEDY................THE WORLD WOULD BE A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE IN, AS GOD INTENDED......................

NO HATRED, AND NO CRIMINALS, AND NO MORE PRISONS....................WELL, WE CAN ALL TRY TO MAKE THIS A BETTER WORLD, AS IT STARTS WITH ONE.

...........................fran