It was one final long shot, but since Travis had decided to not retain another lawyer in an attempt to change his designation, he phoned the Rochester FMC again. His hope was to get any information or options for reporting to Yankton rather than Rochester. Again, a human answered the phone at Rochester. They listened [...]
Razor Wire
It took just one week from Travis’s sentencing date to be notified his retirement/investment accounts were being closed. It was days later Ye (Kanye) West would make the news disclosing his bank accounts had also been closed which came right after his interview with Tucker Carlson as well as the media coverage about his antisemitic [...]
Judicious
We watched this video in September. It is a lecture Judge Gerard gave on April 17, 2021 to the University of Nebraska at Omaha School of Criminology & Criminal Justice. You don’t have to watch the entire thing, but I encourage you to take a few minutes to view Judge Gerard’s self-proclamations at the 5 [...]
Judgment Day
The nights leading up to October 6th became longer and longer with less and less sleep. We found it impossible to not be nervous even with the assistance of all of the nervous system regulating tools available to us. However, we clung to faith believing we would be able to move forward with our lives [...]
Cancel Culture
At the end of July I realized I needed a moment to rejuvenate, to have something to look forward to, and to have some support around me. We had been traveling this road for five months…alone, quietly, in stillness. As much as I wanted to be there and not leave Travis for several days, I [...]
Mitigating Factors
We had gotten so used to getting bad news, we had stopped anticipating receiving any good news at all. But the probation recommendation was the one bright light throughout this entire situation. After collecting and compiling all of Travis’s information, the probation office had made a recommendation of three years probation supervision with 150 hours [...]
Unrelenting
Travis has many qualities I’ve always admired, one of them being his tenacious and unrelenting drive to see something through to the end. It was a very useful trait for him to have throughout this experience. It is now around the 20th of July. It’s been a month since Travis’s court appearance where he accepted [...]
That Doesn’t Violate Our Safety Guidelines
For those of you who don’t know me, I have never been into politics. I say that because this post is NOT about politics even though it does address the response to a political hot topic. I have believed in people, integrity, love, and doing what’s best or what works well for the collective. I [...]
The Axe
It was Friday morning. Fridays were always a blessing because it meant we had made it through another week, I generally had a bit of a break on the weekends compared to the commitments and work during the week and had more time and energy to be of support to Travis. Friday mornings meant we [...]
Infamously Famous
We lived on coffee, adrenaline, and the hope of reprieve until June 16th. We were so anxious about what was to come and so expectant to finally find a bit of peace in our lives knowing there would be a few months until sentencing. The hearing for Travis to enter his official plea was held [...]