I’ll post this every year until the time free is more than the time taken away.
9 years ago today, VA Dept of Corrections released a man who had given well over half his life to the system. He went in as a child and grew into a man.
9 years ago today, VA Dept of Corrections released a man who had given well over half his life to the system. He went in as a child and grew into a man.
Denied parole 17 times for nature of the crime. He was set up for failure but persevered. He was a hard-headed, fearless child who looked up to grown men who were in the streets. There aren't any excuses for doing wrong; he wears his wrongs and lives with them every day.
The most important thing in life is that he's learned from his mistakes... he took longer than most to get it, but he's turned his life around. He says to me all the time that just having the right people around you makes all the difference.
We're talking about an awakening in a man's soul, giving him someone who appreciated him when he didn't think he was worthy of love and grace. People don't know our history, they don't know how he inspires me and sacrifices everything for me.
They don't understand how he can split everything with me because he knows I poured into him when there was nothing to give. He trusts me with his life, even though I have people on my team who, at one time, would've taken his life, or vice versa.
A lot of people won't respect this celebration because they've never been through what we've endured. 9 years free is like 9 years clean for a person with an addiction... though self-inflicted, it didn't make it any less traumatic.
It's not our anniversary, it's a 9 year reset on our fresh start. More than anything, if you knew him when he was a lil bad ass kid running around the way, you know how much he's grown. I'm proud of my babe. #9yearsfree
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