April 2021

"Get On With Your Life"

4/30/2021

"Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past..."
Isaiah 43:18

The Lord knows how much hurt and pain I have on the inside...

Five Years

4/22/2021

It has now been five years since I left Sullivan Correctional Facility for Shawangunk...

A Mother Maligned

4/19/2021

Any normal man would be angered and offended if someone were to speak badly about his mother...

A Mother Demonized

4/17/2021

My birth Mother Betty was overcome with grief at my arrest...

Lady of Sorrows

4/15/2021

As I wrote in yesterday's journal entry, when it comes to suffering…

My Mother's Grief

4/14/2021

When it comes to the suffering and grieving my own family experienced because of me…

My Grief-Stricken Families

4/9/2021

In a recent journal entry, I discussed the term "secondary victims."

Alone in a Prison Cell

4/8/2021

When a man is in prison, it leaves him with plenty of time for reflection...

Secondary Victims

4/4/2021

I don't recall when I first heard this term used in the context for victims of a crime…

And lest I should be exalted above measure through
the abundance of the revelations, there was given to
me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to
buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
2 Corinthians 12:7

The apostle Paul had it, and multitudes of Christians in ages past had it...