Going to Prison

I went last Thursday to visit little brother #2 in prison for the 1st time. It was quite the experience getting in there, going through the metal detectors, emptying everything out of your pockets. Once we were through the metal detectors then we stand in a small hallway and the door slams behind us and the next door opens, we then have to hand our ids to some person behind tinted glass and they keep them until the visit is over. The third door opens and we are finally in the visiting room, #2 is standing waiting for us and is able to give me a hug. We then go sit down, I made the mistake of sitting down next to him, you have to sit across from him and he is not allowed to stand up for the entire visit. There are guards that are sitting on these platforms mounted near the ceiling so they are looking down and keeping watch over everything. Overall it was a good visit, #2's mom and I went together so there was some verbal tension going on between them, I am thinking next time I will go by myself and we will be able to talk a little more freely. I guess I never saw myself having to go to prison to visit anybody that I know, it was a very weird feeling.
It was also heartbreaking to see the moms of these inmates come in with their babies, and the inmates get to hold them for 2 hours, and that is all the contact they get with them. While we were visiting, a mom came in with twins that were about 6 months old and the babies just were such happy babies, made me wonder what was going through the inmates mind, and hopefully holding these two babies will make him decide to turn his life around when he gets out. I can only hope and pray.
Little brother #2 gave me some news when I was there, his 18 year old girlfriend managed to get herself pregnant by some guy at a party. According to her she was so high at the time, she did not remember any of it. She was going to abort the baby but decided she could not do that, I am hoping she will put it up for adoption, but of course #2 said that he will help her raise it, yes the same guy who is in prison for the next 4 years, struggles with FASD, tells her that he will help raise this child. Again I am hoping she goes the adoption route. I am going to keep praying for this situation.

Well, Fine then I will not tell you!

I have a funny little story for you all, I was busily making dinner tonight, Heather was not home from work yet and i had to leave in 10 minutes to get DS from basketball practice. DD was at the table doing her homework and she gets up suddenly and comes over to the island where i am working and proceeds to tell me about this form that has to be signed. In the midst of me throwing things together for dinner I calmly told her that Mom would look at it when she got home and sign it as she is the one who signs those kinds of forms. DD acted as if she did not hear any of that and kept talking about how she needed it signed, I told her again, mom would sign it. after the 5th time of me telling her that, she loudly proclaims, well fine then, I won't tell you then, and stomps back over to the table and plops herself down in the chair and continues with her homework. Ugh
On a more positive note, we had a wonderful time at the southern MN family mofas retreat, the place was a great fit for us and best of all I missed the magician on Friday night, because DS had a BB game, so there was no funny looking helmets put on this guy. Yeah

Here is a really neat email I got from one of my good friends, I just really wanted to share it with everyone.
Stress


A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience,
Raised a glass of water and asked
'How heavy is this glass of water?'

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.

If I hold it f or a minute, that's not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.

If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.

In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.'

He continued,

'And that's the way it is with stress management.

If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,

As the burden becomes increasingly heavy,

We won't be able to carry on. '

'As with the glass of water,

You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.

When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.'

'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.

Don't carry it home.

You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now,

Let them down for a moment if you can.'

So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.

Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.

Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life:

* Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
And some days you're the statue.

* Always keep your words soft and sweet,
Just in case you have to eat them.

* Always���wear stuff that will make you look good
If you die in the middle of it.

* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be
"Recalled" by their maker.

* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again,
It was probably worth it.

* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to be kind to others.

* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time,
Because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

* Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
Just get up and dance.

* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

* The second mouse gets the cheese.

* When everything's coming your way,
You're in the wrong lane.

* Birthdays are good for you.
The more you have, the longer you live.

* You may be only one person in the world,
But you may also be the world to one person.

* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

* We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.


*A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.���

Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today...I did.









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