If your GOODCON is still in prison I guess the answer is difficult!  No, it isn’t happy because you are still separated, you still have to bear the brunt of life on the outside and he or she is still dealin’ with the crap on the inside!  But yes you can be happy because you both just put another year of your bid in the rearview mirror!  Comment and let me know how you see it (or just vote in the poll).  

A lot of guys in with me would cross off each day on the calendar and you would walk through the halls and see the days blacked out or colored in.  And when the year changed, the guys would all sit around and talk about how much time they had done and how much they had left, what they missed the most on the outside or what they were gonna get done inside so they would be ready when their outdate finally arrived.  So New Years was pretty good each year and we usually got a group together and “celebrated” with a “special” meal some guys would prepare.  One time the Italians would make pasta in 5-gallon drums (I don’t know nothin’ about no stinger!) and meat sauce (but I never would ask what the meat was!!)  The Chinese would throw a mean stir fry together (stir-fry in a microwave? amazin’), or the Puerto Ricans would make rice and beans with fish (do I dare say mackeral,ugh!)  And then there were always those NACHOS.  Everybody thought they made the best and we would argue (ok, fight!) over whether the garbage bag or the plastic drum was the best way of makin’  ‘em. (One of these days I’ll give you the recipe for the best garbage bag Nachos on the planet so you can make your GOODCON feel really at home when he gets out!!!)

Yeah, New Years always gave us a little bit of renewed hope that our bid would really be over some day and we would be able to celebrate a Happy New Year with our family and friends.  So hey Yo, make 2010 as good as it can be by makin’  sure you visit your GOODCON a little more often this year.  He or she really needs it whether they say so or not, and if you can’t visit, send a CONCARD!!!!

Tags: cons, inmate cards, inmate families, inmate visitation, prisoners

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