a great visit

WE HAD A GREAT 12 HOUR VISIT, YESTERDAY!.............IT WAS JIMMY'S 15TH VISIT HOME.

HE MADE TORTOLLENI WITH MEAT SAUCE....MEATBALLS AND SAUSAGE................IT WAS VERY YUMMY. 

WE WENT TO BJ'S AN SYOCKED UP THE HOUSE WITH FOOD, SINCE I AM MEDICALLY NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE ANYMORE..............HE PUTS ME IM MY WHEELCHAIR, AND WE GO AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN BJ'S!

WE BOUGHT BEAUTIFUL FRESH FRUITS................PEACHES, NECTARINES, AND STRAWBERRIES, WHICH I LOVE...............AND FRESH BROCOLLI AND SPINACH, AS I LOVE VEGTABLES!

YES, FOR ALL OF YOU WORRIED OUT THERE, JIMMY AND I ARE BIG PEOPLE!....AND I NEVER PUT BIG PEOPLE DOWN, AND NEVER SAID ANYTHING TO ACCUSE THEM.....I LOVE FAT PEOPLE, AND I'M FAT MYSELF.  HOWEVER, BECAUSE I SAY THE TRUTH, YOU ALL GET ANGRY!

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, JIMMY WILL COME HOME AGAIN IN 3 MORE DAYS, WHICH IS SUNDAY.  .WE ARE JUST COUNTIMNG THE DAYS DOWN. NOW.  TIME SEEMS TO BE MOVING SLOW RIGHT NOW.

WE ALSO WENT TO ST.NAXIMILLIAN KOLBE, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH TO BUY  AN ENGRAVED STONE, IN THE ROOM OF SHRINES, FOR HIS MOTHER, WHO IS DECEASED..............SHE DIED AROUND 13 YEARS AGO.

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

 

OPTIMISM

JIMMY IS COMIMG HOME TOMORROW, OMCE AGAIN, FOR HIS 12 HOUR VISIT, AND I AM SO HAPPY AND THRILLED!................I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM, AND BE IN HIS LOVING ARMS!

I AM SO POSITIVE AND OPTIMISTIC!!!!!!!!!!!

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

our thoughts

I SPOKE WITH JIMMY A LITTLE WHILE AGO, AND DISCUSSED THIS JOURNAL WITH HIM.  SO, HERE ARE A FEW OF OUR THOUGHTS.

BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED, WHICH WAS 5 YEARS AGO, JIMMY AND I WERE  "KENNEDY LIBERALS."   BUT NOW, AFTER SPENDING ALMOST 4 YEARS IN PRISON, JIMMY AND I HAVE GONE FROM BEING "LIBERALS,"  TO "CONSERVATIVES. "

JIMMY FEELS NOW THAT AFTER THINKING ABOUT LIFE, AND ANALYZING THINGS, THE "WAY TO GO,".............ACTUALLY THE "CORRECT WAY TO GO,'".......IN THIS COUNTRY, AND GLOBALLY FOR THAT MATTER, IS TO BE A CONSERVATIVE.  HE FEELS THAT PEOPLE , SUCH AS POLICE OFFICERS, PRISON GUARDS, AND THOSE IN AUTHORITY ...............THEY ARE THE RIGHT WAY.

AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, MY HUSBAND WAS ONCE AN ATTORNEY, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, HE ALWAYS ANALYZES THINGS VERY CAREFULLY.

LET ME EXPLAIN. 

HE FEELS THAT SOMETHING LIKE 99%  OF THE LIBERAL POPULATION IS REALLY NOT ACCEPTED BY OUR COUNTRY. 

JIMMY IS A MANAGER AT A FOODSTORE, HERE IN NEW JERSEY.  HE TELLS ME THAT MEN IN PRISON COME UP TO HIM AND ASK HIM TO TRY AND GET THEM A JOB ..................WELL, SURPRISINGLY, 99%  OF THOSE MEN, WHO ARE SEEKING WORK, NEVER EVEN FOLLOW THROUGH WITH AN APPLICATION.  THE OTHER 1% ARE ALWAYS ASKING HIM FOR MONEY.

JIMMY AND I HAVE NEVER WALKED PAST A HOMELESS MAN WITHOUT GIVING HIM MONEY, OR BUYING HIM A SANDWHICH............................

WHEN JIMMY TRAVELS BACK TO VOA FROM HIS JOB, HOMELESS MEN APPROACH HIM  AND ASK FOR MONEY.  HE ALWAYS GIVES TO THEM.  LATER, WHEMN HE TALKS TO ME ON THE PHONE HE SAYS,  "HONEY, THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE I SPEND TIME IN PRISON WITH.  AND HERE THEY ARE, RIGHT BACK WHERE THEY STARTED FROM."

WHEN I ASKED HIM, JIMMY SAID, "YES, MANY OF THE MEN IN PRISON ARE CRAZY."    HIS OWN BUNKIE , IN CRAF,  WAS ON HEAVY PSYCH MEDS, AND WAS A CHILD MOLESTER.  HE TALKED TO HIMSELF ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT, AND WAS RIGHT ABOVE JIMMY, IN A BUNK,  IN A 9FT. BY 8 FT. CELL.  THE OTHER GUYS WOULD ASK JIMMY HOW HE COULD STAND IT, BUT JIMMY IS ABLE TO GET THROUGH ANYTHING IN LIFE. 

MY ANSWER TO JIMMY WAS,  'THEY MAY BE CRAZY, BUT THEY ARE SMART ENOUGH TO DO CRIMES TO GET LOCKED UP AGAIN, AND NOT LIVE OUT ON THE STREETS, AND NOT CLEAN THEMSELVES UP, AND LIVE A DECENT LIFE."......................THOSE THAT ARE DIAGNOSED WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ARE PUT IN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL.  ....................SO, WHEN THE COMMENTOR SAID, THE EXCUSE IS THAT THEY RETURN TO THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY ARE CRAZY,...WELL, THAT ANSWER IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME...................AND I WORKED WITH STREET PEOPLE FOR 16 YEARS IN NEW YORK.

ALSO, IN INDIA, PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN INTO POVERTY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO LIVE ON THE STREET, FROM BIRTH..................BEGGARS....LIVING IN HUTS. ..............CHILDREN THAT BEG, EVERYDAY ON THE STREET.............. THERE IS NO SOCIAL SYSTEM TO HELP THEM OUT, AS WE HAVE HERE IN AMERICA..................NO SOUP KITCHENS, AND NO FOOD STAMPS........

JIMMY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE HIS POINT OF VIEW ON ANOTHER SUBJECT.  JIMMY HAS SEEN IN PRISON, FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS, MEN WHO HAVE 4 OR 5 WOMEN VISITING THEM.  MOST OF THESE MEN ARE UNMARRIED, AND HAVE MANY CHILDREN WITH EACH WOMAN.  THESE MEN ARE PROUD TO BE DOING THIS.  THEY WANT THESE WOMEN, WHO ARE 'THE GIRLFRIEND,' TO BUY THEM THINGS, AND SEND THEM MONEY......MOST OF THESE LOCKED UP GUYS HAVE TV'S RADIOS, ETC.....YOU NAME IT, THEY HAVE IT..............LOTS OF MONEY SENT TO THEM BY THESE WOMEN.  THESE WOMEN, WHO CALL THEMSELVES THE MAN'S "WIFE,' BUT ARE ACTUALLY NOT MARRIED, AND UNAWRE THAT THE MAN HAS MANY OTHER GIRLFRIENDS. 

MY HUSBAND FEELS SAD THAT THESE WOMEN ARE BEING ABUSED AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY THESE MEN.  MANY OF THESE ARE HEAVY-SET WOMEN, WHO HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO CATER TO THESE PRISONERS, WHO LEAD THEM ON FOR YEARS.  ....

NOW, JIMMY IS NOT SAYING THIS IS THE CASE FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT IS FOR SOME.

I MET MY HUSBAND BEFORE HE WENT TO PRISON.  WE MET A LITTLE WHILE AFTER HE COMMITED HIS CRIME.  WE WE LIVING TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE FOR 2 YEARS, BEFORE HE TURNED HIMSELF INTO PRISON.........................

ALSO, I MADE A MISTAKE.....IT COSTS JIMMY  $11.00 per day, TO AND FROM WORK.  HIS JOB IS 3 HOURS , TO AND FROM WORK.  THE OTHER GUYS COULD GET A JOB CLOSE BY, IF THEY WANTED.  MEN IN THE OTHER HALF-WAY HOUSE THAT JIMMY WAS IN EARLIER, HAD JOBS IN FACTORIES, AND SOME DID THINGS LIKE "PICK FEATHERS OFF THE CHICKENS," FOR CHICKEN COMPANIES.................THOSE MEN ALSO HAD PROSTITUTES COMING TO THE FACTORY, AND HAVING SEX WITH THEM IN THE YARD BEHIND THE FACTORY................

ANOTHER COMMENT MENTIONED MEN ARE BEAT UP IF THEY ARE CAUGHT WITH DRUGS, ETC....YES, THEY ARE.  THE MEN GET ANGRY WHEN ONE PERSON IN THE GROUP DOES WRONG THINGS, AND THEN THEY 'TAKE CARE OF THAT GUY."

.....AND AS FAR AS ME BEING A "SELF-RIGHTOUS PERSON," WELL THAT IS, IN A WAY,IN A WAY  A GOOD THING TO BE.  IT IS BETTER THAN BEING IN A STATE OF DEPRESSION, AND HATING YOURSELF .................AND BEING IN A DEEP DEPRESSION FOR 3 YEARS....................A SHUNNED, STIGMATIZED WOMAN............STIGMATIZES BY HER OWN SOCIETY...............THAT IS A TERRIBLE THING..............AND MOSY WOMEN OUT THERE, ARE SCARED, PRISON WIVES.  THEY SHY AWAY FROM SOCIETY.  THEY ARE FRIGHTENED.  THEY ARE HIDING THEMSELVES IN THE HOUSE.....................YOU, OUT THERE...YOU KNOW IT, IF IT HAPPENED TO YOU!.............."THIS THING CALLED PRISON!"

DON'T BE AFRAID!.................COME OUT AND SPEAK YOUR MIND..................TALK ABOUT THE PRISON SYSTEM IN OUR COUNTRY!

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN OPTIMISTIC PERSON IN MY LIFE, AND NO ONE, NOT ANYONE, WILL EVER TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME...........................EVEN THOUGH I MAY BE A PRISONER'S WIFE.

................"AND WE ALWAYS REACH FOR THE HIGHEST STAR!"

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

 

monday thoughts

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS!..................THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS JOURNAL IS ABOUT!.....................TO  "STIR UP YOUR THOUGHTS,"  AND GET YOU THINKING ABOUT ISSUES IN OUR LIFE, COUNTRY, AND WORLD........

YES, I SUCCEEDED IN GETTING YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT THINGS YOU NEVER THINK ABOUT1...............THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR OPINIONS!

AND TO A CERTAIN FEW, WHOM I WILL NOT MENTION NAMES, "STICKS AND STONES WILL BREAK MY BONES, BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME!"

YOU ALL FELL INTO MY TRAP!............

I TESTED THE READERS OF THIS JOURNAL, AND FOUND OUT MY ANSWER.

THE ANSWER I FOUND OUT, IS THAT THE AMERICAN POPULATION STILL STIGMATIZES THE PRISONER'S WIFE, AND THE PRISONER HIMSELF.......................THAT IS THE TRUTH, AND THE MINDS OF OUR PEOPLE JUST WILL NEVER CHANGE, UNFORTUNATELY...............................FRAN

 

SUNDAY THOUGHTS

"BE NOT DECEIVED, BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD CHARACTER."  ........................This is a quote from ST. PAUL, in the Bible.

JIMMY CALLED A LITTLE WHILE AGO, FROM VOA, AND WE DISCUSSED WHAT I WROTE YESTEDRDAY IN MY ENTRY.

HE QUOTED THE ABOVE FROM THE BIBLE, AS JIMMY IS VERY WELL-VERSED IN THE BIBLE.

HE POINTED OUT TO ME THAT A PERSON MAY GO INTO PRISON AS A "PICKPOCKET," AND LEAVE AS A 'SAFE-CRACKER."

WHAT HE IS SAYING, FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE IS THAT MEN LEARN  FROM EACH OTHER WHILE IN PRISON.  PRISONERS ARE SOME OF THE SMARTEST STREET-SMART PEOPLE, AND THE SLICKEST.............AND BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL TOGETHER, THEY OFTEN TEACH EACH OTHER ALL THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE................THEY SIT AROUND , SHARING SECRETS OF HOW TO DO CRIMES, ETC.

JIMMY SAYS HE HAS MET MEN WITH 5 TO 7 STATE PRISON BIDS................THAT IS, THEY KEEP GOING BACK IN.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY MET MANY VERY NICE PEOPLE WHILE IN PRISON.  I HAVE SPOKEN TO MOTHERS, GIRLFRIENDS, AND WIVES, OF PRISONERS.  SOME PRISONERS EVEN SEND ME MAIL, AND I WRITE TO THEM.....THERE ARE A LOT OF "NICE" PEOPLE IN PRISON, WHO ARE SORRY FOR EVER HAVING COMMITTED A CRIME.

BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DO MEET SOME THAT ARE SIMPLY 'THE SCUM OF THE EARTH,' AND THERE IS NO OTHER WORD TO USE.  SOME OF YOU OPPOSED MY USE OF THE WORD "SCUM,' BUT I THINK YOU DON'T KNOW, UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN THIS YOURSELF.

A LOT OF THESE MEN ARE HOMELESS, AND ONCE RELEASED, ALTHOUGH GIVEN HELP THROUGH SOCIAL SERVICES, GO RIGHT BACK TO THE STREETS.  THEY GO RIGHT BACK TO LIVING IN THE ALLEY-WAYS, BITEN UP BY MOSQUITOS AND SPIDERS..................BEGGING PEOPLE FOR MONEY...................DIRTY AND DISHEVELED...............JUST WANTING MORE AND MORE STREET DRUGS.....................THEY ARE GIVEN SOME HELP BY THE PRISON SYSTEM, AND YET REFUSE IT, AND WIND UP ON THE STREETS .........................ROBBING, YES, YOU, OF YOUR PURSES AND GOLD JEWELRY, AND BREAKING INTO YOUR HOMES, ETC.....................

AND YESTERDAY, WHEM I OPENED THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, 'THE ASBURY PARK PRESS,"  TO THE EDITORIAL PAGE, LO AND BEHOLD!.......................RIGHT THERE IN BOLD PRINT, I SEE ANOTHER ARTICLE, WRITTEN BY THE EDITOR, IN THE CENTER OF THE PAGE........IT WAS TITLED, "PRISON PROGRAM NEEDS CORRECTION."

WELL, THANK THE LORD ABOVE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WORRIED ABOUT WRONG-DOINGS WITHIN THE PRISON SYSTEM.  THE ARTICLE AGAIN MENTIONS THE 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS ALOTED FOR THE EDUCATION IN THE PRISON, WHICH IS NOT BEING USED PROPERLY BY THE PRISONS..............................SO THERE YOU GO!...................AGAIN THE WRONG USE OF THE TAX-PAYERS MONEY IS MENTIONED.

I'M SO HAPPY THAT SOME MEDIA COVERAGE IS BEGINNING TO TAKE PLACE.

DON'T GET ME WRONG....................PRISONS ARE WONDERFUL PLACES, AND THEY SERVE THEIR PURPOSE IN HOUSING THE CRIMINALS....MANY CRIMIANLS SHOULD BE IN THERE FOR LIFE, AND SHOULD NEVER EVEN SEE THE OUTSIDE WORLD.................YES, I AGREE WITH THAT.  ONLY SOME REFORMATION IS NEEDED, AMD IT IS HARD TO GET THE PUBLIC TAX=PAYING CITIZEN TO AGREE WITH THAT, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS UNAWARE.

JIMMY ONCE AGAIN SAYS HE KNOWS HE WAS WRONG IN COMMITTING THE CRIME HE DID.  HE IS SORRY HE COMMITTED THE CRIME.  HE ALWAYS SAYS HE IS GUILTY, AND DESERVES TO BE IN PRISON.  LET US GET THAT STRAIGHT.  WE NEVER, EVER SAID HE SHOULD NOT BE WHERE HE IS TODAY.  BUT TOGETHER AS A COULPLE, WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH ALL THIS, AND JIMMY WENT THROUGH A REFOMATION.  HE IS A MAN WHO IS HAPPILY MARRIED, WHO LOVES HIS WIFE AND ANIMALS, AND SO BE IT...............................JIMMY HAS NOW BEEN AWAY FROM HOME FOR 3YEARS 5 MONTHS.  THAT IS QUITE A LONG TIME..................IT GIVES  APERSON PLENTY OF TIME TO THINK THINGS OVER, AND CHANGE ONES WAYS AND THOUGHTS.............

AND SO, NOW I WILL SAY GOOD BYE FOR NOW!...............................fran

ps....................A COMMENT WAS ALSO MADE IN REGARDS TO TAX-PAYERS MONEY GOING TO THE WAR.  WELL, THAT IS A SEPERATE ISSUE.  AS FOR ME, I NEVER, EVER BELIEVE IN WARS, BECAUSE I DON;T BELIEVE IN TAKING OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.  I AM A PEACEFUL PERSON, AND BELIEVE OUR PLANET WAS MEANT TO BE A PEACEFUL, LOVING PLACE TO LIVE..............MAY YOU ALL HAVE "PEACE , BALANCE AND HARMONY,' WITHIN YOUR LIVES.......

SATURDAY UPDATE

HI EVERYONE!

JIMMY CAN'T COME HOME THIS WEEKEND.  HIS BUNKIE WAS CAUGHT TAKING DRUGS, SO THE WHOLE ROOM, OF 12 HALF-WAY BACK MEN, ARE BEING PUNISHED FOR 1 WEEK.  THAT MEANS THE 12 MEN CANNOT GO HOME ON THEIR PASSES.

WELL, YES, IT DOES SEEM UNFAIR, DOESM'T IT?

IF SOME OF YOU REMMEBER, SOMEWHERE BACK IN THE 1970'S , I BELIEVE, YOU ALWAYS HEARD THE EXPRESSION 'PRISON REFORM."  NOW-A -DAYS, YOU REALLY NEVER HEAR THAT TERM OR EXPRESSION ANYMORE.  I GUESS NO ONE REALLY CARES ANYMORE...................IF YOU OUT THERE CARED, YOU WOULD BE WRITING LETTERS TO YOUR GOVERNMENT MEN, WHO MAKE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

FOR ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED, MAY I REMIND YOU, IT IS YOUR TAX-DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING INTO A "PRISON SYSTEM" THAT IS,  IN MANY WAYS, MAY I USE THE TERM, "CORRUPT."

SO LAST THURSDAY, WHEN JIMMY CAME HOME, HE BROKE THE NEWS TO ME VERY CALMLY THAT HE COULD NOT COME HOME FOR 1 WEEK, BECAUSE HIS ROOM WAS 'BEING PUNISHED.".....................WELL, I AM NOT A HAPPY PERSON, WHEN IT COMES TO "INJUSTICE."

SURE ENOUGH, I OPENED THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER A FEW MINUTES LATER, AND THERE WAS A BIG ARTICLE THAT THE PRISONS ARE USING 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS OF THE TAX-PAYERS MONEY IN NEW JERSEY, FOR A WRONG-DOING WITHIN THE PRISONS OF NEW JERSEY.

.....................SO, THERE YOU ARE!

...........YES, YOU, AND ME, TOO..............THE TAX-PAYERS MONEY IS BEING USED UNLAWFULLY WITHIN THE PRISON SYSTEM.....................THE ISSUE IS CONCERNING EDUCATION OF THE MEN.

...........BUT I SUPPOSE MOST PEOPLE ARE JUST TOO BUSY, OR JUST DON'T CARE, WHERE THEIR TAX MONEY IS GOING......................NOT EVEN 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS OF IT...................AND YOU, ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, EXPECT TO BE PROSPEROUS IN LIFE, WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY, OR TAX DOLLARS?

ANOTHER POINT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP, IS THE FACT THAT MY HUSBAND IS THE ONLY MAN, AMONGST THE 12 MEN IN HIS ROOM, WHO GOES OUT TO WORK EACH DAY.  YES, 5 DAYS A WEEK, JIMMY TRAVELS FOR A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 3 HOURS EACH DAY TO GET TO HIS JOB. HE TAKES 2 TRAINS, AND A BUS TO GO ONE WAY, AND THEN DOES IT AGAIN TO RETURN TO HOPE HALL IN THE EVENING.  HE HAS AN 8 HOUR WORK-DAY.  HE SPENDS $22.00 PER DAY TO TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH................YES, I SAID PER DAY!...........................AND HE DOES THIS BECAUSE HE LOVES WORKING, AND HAS ALWAYS HAD A HIGH WORK ETHIC WITHIN HIM.  THE OTHER 11 GUYS IN HIS ROOM, SIT AROUND ALL DAY, EVERYDAY, LIKE LUMPS ON LOGS, WATCHING TV, OR JUST STARING INTO SPACE.

NOW, WHEN I SAY "PRISON REFORM,"  DON'T YOU THINK THE SYSTEM COULD BE CHANGED IN THAT THEY WOULD CATEGORIZE PEOPLE WITHIN HALF-WAY HOUSES, AND MAYBE PRISONS......................FOR INSTANCE, PUT ALL THE EDUCATED PEOPLE TOGETHER..............THOSE THAT ARE COLLEGE EDUCATED, AND PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE....................JIMMY HAS MET A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS IN PRISON...........LAWYERS, DOCTORS, BUISNESSMEN.......................WHY KEEP THESE PEOPLE ALONG WITH THE SCUM OF THE EARTH?   I DON'T GET IT..................A LOT OF THESE MEN ARE GETTING DRUGS FROM THEIR WIVES THAT SMUGGLE THEM IN.................A LOT ARE RIDDLED WITH DISEASE...................ALMOST ALL NEVER WORKED, AND CAN'T EVEN FILL OUT A JOB APPLICATION.  MOST DON'T WANT TO CHANGE...THEY ARE MOSTLY DRUG ADDICTS, AND ALCOHOLICS, ETC..........................WHY LUMP THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE.......AND WHY PUNISH THEM ALL TOGETHER, WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN THE SAME CATEGORY, IN LIFE...........................I JUST DON'T GET IT.....

UNLESS THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF ACTUALLY WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN OUR PRISONS, THE "SYSTEM,  IN OUR COUNTRY WILL NEVER CHANGE.......

IT IS UP TO YOU, AMERICA, TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING TO FIX THIS CORRUPT SYSTEM....................

WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSMEN.....

BUT I KNOW YOU DON'T CARE, AND I HONESTLY HOPE THAT ONE DAY, YOUR LOVED ONE IS NEVER CAUGHT AND LOCKED UP, IN A PRISON...........................THEN, AND ONLY THEM, WILL YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT........................FRAN

 

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