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I just wanted to let you know that my son is doing well in prison. I'm happy he is getting something out of it so don't ever worry if your loved one is in this situation because it just might do him/her some good. He is in a writing class and I want you to see what he has published in the prison monthly letter. I'm happy for him and I hope and pray this will be the end of this nightmare and we will be a family again.
Cathy. Thank you for sharing that as an example of how out of what seems hopeless and awful actually manifests itself as a blessing over time. I am very happy for you and your son that he is doing well at the moment and I pray that he will continue to flourish in his life.
Amazing Cathy; it sounds like he's making a great journey from within those 4 walls.
Fantastic!
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If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see? (Lewis Caroll)
Beautifully written words that are truthful and from the heart are balm to the soul. I see great things in your son's future. He seems to have clear focus now which is an invaluable gift!
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Bethany
"Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be." Abe Lincoln
I love it! How absolutely hopeful it is that he's realizing who he is and what he is while he's there! So many (my son included) tend to still be stuck in the 'screw the world' mentality and blaming others.
His writing is wonderful and I agree - from the heart. How proud you must be that he's made mention of you and mending your relationship!
From one mother to another - woo-hoo - be proud of where you and he both are today! Hope is alive and well.
(((Hugs)))!
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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret. ~~~~ Lori Deschene
I had to smile at the post and his writing Cathy thinking about how many times you might have told him as a youngster "Sit down, be quiet and stop wiggling around" He is getting the meaning of that in prison and its working well it seems. "Sit down and listen" is what I was told to do and though I missed prison by a little bit the rooms of Al-Anon and the face to face meetings was the best I could listen to. Good for him and for the family...I hope me makes it to the rooms of recovery from alcohol and drugs. ((((hugs))))
Both writings are great Cathy - so wonderful to see you being able to enjoy him and be happy for him again. I loved the horse training analogies - man what that kind of thinking could do for ANY relationship, man or beast - imagine a husband and wife really paying attention to what the other is saying with all their non-verbal language skills.
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I am strong in the broken places. ~ Unknown
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another! ~ Anatole France
so glad for you and your family that your son has made such wonderful progress.
This is why they call it "Miracles in Progress", this is your triumph also, you have come a long way baby.
Live and bask in these moments, the moments are what we treasure.