I am irritated right now! Our dorm is filled to capacity. There are 22 adult men from very different backgrounds in this cell block with me. We are locked up in a room that should house about 10 grown men, and there is absolutely no way to leave or get out of this nightmare.Read more
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Written in Jail 12.22.02 Hello, it’s Sunday night and I just don’t know what to do. I am trapped in this cage called jail. I don’t want to sleep (Too much coffee). I tried reading my bible. (Ephiesians, just not feeling it) I don’t feel like writing more letters. (Burned out) So the lastRead more
Written in Jail 12/25/2002 I need peace! I only want peace out of life! I’m tired. I don’t want anymore involvement with scandalous, scamming, corner-cutting lifestyles anymore. I want to live sober in mind, spirit, and body. I dream of being honest with myself, friends, and the family who continues to surround me. I wantRead more
Written 12/19/02 in jail. Drugs! I love Drugs! I imagined drugs as a best friend for a long time. I was never scared or intimidated by drugs. Drugs were a natural – energy filled – powerhouse for me. I saw drugs as an exciting, powerful, wonderful substance that could propel a simple human mind intoRead more
What makes a leader? Why be a leader? And, How to be a leader? I was visiting Colorado this past weekend. While there, I pushed myself to explore new environments to find God far away from the comfortable home I’ve made in Minnesota. When I do activities like this – activities that push me toRead more
My wife and survived our first year of marriage by making it to our first anniversary last weekend! At times, the journey wasn’t the most beautiful or graceful thing I’ve ever done. My wife and I struggled at times, we fought at times, we loved at times, and we truly enjoyed the journey at times. Read more
“Making a Murderer” has been smeared all over my Facebook and Twitter feed recently. The title of the movie, and the images I’ve seen, have inspired flashbacks of the rural Wisconsin courtroom I sat trial in for murder, the prison system that incarcerated me for much of my adult life, and the journey I tookRead more
At one point in my life, I was totally lost, hurt, and devastated. I can’t believe how far I had traveled away from my purpose in life, and how far back I had to journey to find it again. In 2002, when my friend died of an accidental heroin overdose after leaving my collegeRead more
For the last two days, I’ve been laying in bed motionless pondering the question why do we suffer? I’ve needed this four day weekend to catch my breath, before I’m ready to climb the mountain to find my purpose of life again. I remember when I first got out of prison a few years ago. Read more
I’ve been busy learning the new job this last week. I was exhausted over the weekend. In two weeks, I think it’s given me a good taste of what the sales lifestyle is. There are incredible highs when you’re finding and negotiating big and fast deals, but then there are also those moments when it feelsRead more
