My First Jail House Letter
I have apparentley been busy today! This isn't my first entry. But after the last one I checked the mail and in it was a letter from my sister. She is serving 2 years in a federal prison on charges of possession and intent to sell crack cocaine.
It was a fantastic letter and it made me cry. In it she sounded so optomistic. She had recieved her 30 days sober before going in, her 60 days sober(it isn't really a chip so her 3 year old neice drew her a picture) while waiting to be transferred to her prison, and while in jail she has obtained 120 days sober. Today actually, today it has been 120 days since she smoked crack!
She tested negative for hep A, B and C, and HIV! She has a vitamin D deficiancy, and she is on a strong multivitamin. The prison had to give her a blood transfusion though. She was so unhealthy when she went in that she should of been bedridden according to them. But she's on her way to a healthier her!
Plus, she asked me to send her some stamps...sealed, because she is allowed to recieve stamps to write letters as long as they are in their original packing. And she wrote that if I couldn't IT WAS OK! That's not something the sister I have lived with for the last five years would of wrote.
Plus she wrote about how she was sad she would miss my daughter's first birthday, and that if she gets released in Ocotober on good behaviour she will buy her and Marlow each a cupcake to celebrate. She asked for photos of us, of our daughter, and of our family.
You know the thing I noticed the most in her letter? Not once did she sound resentful for being where she is now. I think she has fully come to understand that where she is is her fault. The result of her actions. And the only one who can make it better is her...
I'm going to write her back tonight, and try to gather some photos....hopefully send it all out tomorrow....my very first jail house letter!
It was a fantastic letter and it made me cry. In it she sounded so optomistic. She had recieved her 30 days sober before going in, her 60 days sober(it isn't really a chip so her 3 year old neice drew her a picture) while waiting to be transferred to her prison, and while in jail she has obtained 120 days sober. Today actually, today it has been 120 days since she smoked crack!
She tested negative for hep A, B and C, and HIV! She has a vitamin D deficiancy, and she is on a strong multivitamin. The prison had to give her a blood transfusion though. She was so unhealthy when she went in that she should of been bedridden according to them. But she's on her way to a healthier her!
Plus, she asked me to send her some stamps...sealed, because she is allowed to recieve stamps to write letters as long as they are in their original packing. And she wrote that if I couldn't IT WAS OK! That's not something the sister I have lived with for the last five years would of wrote.
Plus she wrote about how she was sad she would miss my daughter's first birthday, and that if she gets released in Ocotober on good behaviour she will buy her and Marlow each a cupcake to celebrate. She asked for photos of us, of our daughter, and of our family.
You know the thing I noticed the most in her letter? Not once did she sound resentful for being where she is now. I think she has fully come to understand that where she is is her fault. The result of her actions. And the only one who can make it better is her...
I'm going to write her back tonight, and try to gather some photos....hopefully send it all out tomorrow....my very first jail house letter!
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