Category Archives: marriage

My Personal COVID-19 Experience

Posted on May 22, 2020 by

In the beginning of March 2020, California Department of Corrections closed down all visiting, including Family Visiting, because of COVID-19. When CDCR shut down visiting it came as no surprise because the highly infectious world wide pandemic had already caused … Continue reading →

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Our Christmas 2019

Posted on December 28, 2019 by

     Sean made us adorable little stockings with our initials on them! We had a really nice Christmas season this year and got great photos on Christmas Day at visiting. Thank you to those who helped make our season … Continue reading →

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Family Visit 17: Christmas 2019

Posted on December 28, 2019 by

Christmas is not typically an enjoyable time of year for us, but this year was completely different. We went into December preparing for our Family Visit, which was a date we were extremely lucky to get: December 21st. We considered … Continue reading →

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Family Visit 16: Praying Mantis

Posted on November 29, 2019 by

Our most recent Family Visit was November 20th, just in time to celebrate our own little Thanksgiving. My drive there was mercifully uneventful this time and I arrived with no difficulties. After our intial 5 minute hug Sean’s eyes lit … Continue reading →

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Family Visit 15: Oustide

Posted on October 10, 2019 by

September 25th- 27th 2019 Sean and I were outside the Family Visiting unit, it was late afternoon and we had just finished playing in the water. Our clothes were damp but they were quickly drying in the summer heat, almost … Continue reading →

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Family Visit 14: Two Year Anniversary

Posted on August 20, 2019 by

Card drawn by Sean’s friend Jessie Sean and I were recently blessed to receive a Family Visit date on our 2 year wedding anniversary weekend in August. We were grateful to be able to spend quality time together to celebrate … Continue reading →

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Family Visit 13: Summer Time

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

Our most recent Family Visit was our 13th Family Visit date, beginning on July 13th. The temperature in Corcoran was over 100, so we planned on doing something to cool ourselves off: a water fight! Summer time at Family Visit … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Sean

Posted on June 2, 2019 by

In 2013, my first year with Sean, he had just been transferred to a new facility and we had no way to get photos during our first visit. The September 2013 photo is from the following visit. Every year we … Continue reading →

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The Pearl

Posted on March 25, 2019 by

The sun had just risen, it was about 7:15 am and I was alone on the road making my way toward Corcoran to spend the day with Sean. Silent except for the music on my car radio, there were no … Continue reading →

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Family Visit 11: Rain Storm

Posted on March 9, 2019 by

On March 2, 2019 Sean and I had our 11th Family Visit. We celebrated being married for over a year and a half, as well as my birthday. The morning on the first day of our Family Visit was cloudy … Continue reading →

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