Category Archives: marriage

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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Christmas in Prison by Sean

Posted on January 27, 2019 by

Nearly 2.5 million Americans spent this past Christmas incarcerated. Many of them deserve to be in prison for committing a crime, however, these 2.5 million Americans in prison also have families they are separated from. These men and women are … Continue reading →

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Christmas Day 2018

Posted on January 14, 2019 by

Christmas feels so different when one is spending it in prison. My Christmas Day went something like this: I woke up at 3:30 am to get on the road by 4 for my long drive to the prison, the last … Continue reading →

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Family Visit 10: Take Care

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

Family Visit #10 was January 5th 2019. To hit the double digits in our number of Family Visit dates since beginning them in September 2017 is bittersweet; happy that we get to have this special time together and feeling grateful … Continue reading →

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Family Visit 7: One Year Wedding Anniversary

Posted on August 24, 2018 by

Drawing by Emelia, colored by Sean August 11, 2018 was beginning of our most recent Family Visit at Corcoran State Prison. The following day was our one year wedding anniversary. Sean and I felt incredibly lucky to get to celebrate … Continue reading →

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Family Visit 6: Simple

Posted on June 30, 2018 by

Sean picked a flower for me at Family Visit, June 24 2018. Family Visiting is hardly a luxury vacation. We jokingly refer to it as Motel 4, as in worse than Motel 6, if you can imagine that. We always … Continue reading →

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