Let’s talk about one of my favorite humans and explore his experiences thus far!! For a short period of time, Travis was moved upstairs. You may recall, Travis started out in an open dorm type housing unit that had an open room holding up to 60 occupants. Prior to a planned shakedown that housing unit […]
Tag Archives: trauma recovery
General Flynn: Hero or Traitor?
Before we get into the goods, I wanted to thank each of you who have subscribed to the blog, diligently followed each post, or passively kept up with the story. It means the world to me that you take heart in our life and relationship! It’s hard to believe I have been writing and posting […]
The First Letter
During the first few weeks of Travis’s sentence, we were spoiled with regular phone calls. Some weekends he would even call for 45 minutes (3 separate 15 minute calls). It was such a blessing as we transitioned to this new and temporary normal for his time away. (I constantly tell myself this is all temporary […]
You Deleted Your Account
On another un-noteworthy Thursday night, I drifted off to sleep. It was just a week or so earlier that I had reclaimed my ability to sleep peacefully throughout the night without waking repeatedly or being up for hours at a night. Many things in life have no price tag, and sleep is one of them. […]
To Have & To Hold
Marrying a felon who is about to serve 18 months of incarceration while sharing intimate details of your relationship with the entire world is likely a relationship death sentence. Especially when you stack the statistics of a second marriage on top of it. I did it anyway and have never felt more sure and aligned […]
The Reckoning
Real life requires real talk. The old me would not have had the courage to share not only this journey, but the lowest of lows along the journey. Today I share these details to inspire: inspire hope for your own healing, to demonstrate the reality of what is possible when we choose ourselves day after […]
Faulty, Flawed, & Exposed
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 […]
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 […]