My Family

I was able to call my wife at her brother’s house where they were celebrating our nephew’s first birthday. (Happy, Birthday!!) My wife told me about the trip to Hershey Park and how they had a great time. My 9 year old daughter is quite the roller coaster enthusiast as she went on every roller coaster she was tall enough to go on – all but 2. She had a blast wearing out one of my brother-in-laws. My 6 year old son did his best keeping up with his big sister and went on his share of roller coasters as well. My daughter was describing one of then which was named “Super Duper Looper” but she said that it was not. Even though this roller coaster went upside down both front wards and backwards, she was not impressed. She was impressed with a roller coaster named “Sidewinder” which went upside down both front and back along with having very steep drops. Somehow my daughter now loves roller coasters and of course can’t wait until I return home so I can go on them with her. I am so happy my family had a great start to their summer. They have a very full one, as they will be arriving here in less than 2 weeks. They will stay for 2 weeks and go back to New Jersey. Then in August the children will go to Jamaica with my mother and both my sisters’ families. My wife could not go because it was much too expensive. Thankfully, I have a loving and very giving family who made it possible for my children to attend.

I always enjoy speaking with my children and I am so proud of them. They concluded their school year in flying colors as my daughter received straight A’s on her report card and my very non-chalant, laid back son scored out of this world on the standardized test given to his kindergarten class. All of this good fortune brought my wife to tears on my children’s last day of school. This past year has not been easy on anyone especially my wife and children. Yet, through it all they have done remarkably well. This is a testament to my wife and all of our families who have provided normalcy in very abnormal circumstances. Last year my wife and I along with our children drove across the country. I essentially abandoned them (maybe not the best use of the word, but it is the truth) returning to serve my prison sentence. My wife has done incredibly well all throughout this past year and the children’s report cards bear witness to this amazing job by my wife. I am proud of all of them and love them so very much. The future remains uncertain as to being unclear where I can live after my release and where my family will be. However in the present everything is status quo. Yes, in two weeks from today I will be visiting with my family and it cannot come soon enough!!