RouletteWeekend

@rouletteweekend
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  • Trying to See the Good

    I took my, now usual, Sunday trip to Nashville to see Joe. It usually always goes the same way. I drive there with my heart happy that I get to see him. And I drive back in a daze of sadness and helplessness. But today as I drove back, I started thinking of all the Read more

  • It’s Not a Mirage

    According to WordPress, it’s only been 18 days since my last blog. It seems like a lifetime has passed since then. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to blog. I have. And it wasn’t that I stopped writing. I didn’t. I’ve just been writing elsewhere. So I guess those of you who were keeping up Read more

  • Today, We Celebrate

    Today is the first day that I’ve woken up and not felt the anxiety and despair of the world. I actually woke up happy and feeling renewed.  I got news yesterday that the prison is pushing the paperwork for Joe to get a medical furlough and to be sent to a facility in Knoxville, closer Read more

  • Deflated

    I guess it’s true. I guess it has been almost two weeks since I’ve blogged. I just haven’t been able to get my thoughts together in a way that is coherent and makes any sense. I’ve been working day and night. I took on a project to re-pay for this car I’ve been driving, but Read more

  • A Pin Hole in the Dark

    It’s been a trying couple of weeks. As I’ve worked relentlessly to get answers and try to live my regular life while worrying myself into hysteria, at times, I have been going through ups and downs. Aren’t those the beauty of life? Some days you wake up and even in the midst of darkness, you Read more

  • The Honeybee That Got Away 

    I saved a honey bee today. He was floating down the river that I’ve been spending a lot of my time at just flipping and flapping his tiny little wings. I debated for a moment whether to help or just let him keep drifting along. Even though he was “just a bee,” I decided I should Read more