I can't say that I have been doing this a "long" time compared to the years some women have been. My measly  342 days can't be compared to 4,323 days or even a lifetime. When I first began this journey I was bound to not only share my story but to be informed and keep myself informed. That has been one of the biggest and important things, is being informed. Make your own calls, ask your own questions because at the end of the day it is your state of mind. I wanted to share my feelings with the world and other wives especially that maybe, just maybe other women could relate to my situation. Not to mention that, personally it is therapeutic for me to "write it out."

This week I was asked to be a guest speaker at the 2013 Second Chance Conference in Toronto, Canada. As a prison wife. Which of course I was happy to say "yes!" It really excites me because the world, well at least maybe couple hundred people need to see and need to know that prison wives are lonely, desperate or anything that the cliche may entail.