Confessions from the mother of an American inmate— Part Memoir. Part Movement.
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Year of the Flaming Horseshit (aka Fire Horse)
On burning it all down and not finishing my book
"When your anger and resentment is highest, remember human life is but for a moment. We shall be all presently stretched out dead corpses." —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Not A Good Fit
I was in the car on a Monday morning when my dashboard lit up. It was my oldest son's cell phone number bright on the console—and since I was busy and tired and generally overwhelmed with life, it did not immediately register that he was no...
It’s Turkey Season
When I sat down to write this morning, a dark flutter of birds descended in my periphery, and while that sounds rather ominous and even vaguely artistic—it was a flock of wild turkeys making their autumnal trek across my backyard, rather cl...
The One Question I Could Not Answer
I have often contemplated where I really fit in the world.
For the past four weeks, I have been positioned as a ‘Bestseller’ writer in the Substack Parenting Category—reaching No. 2 in the world and holding that spot for nearly a week. We...
A Parent Helpline
On prison and drugs and what to say when life sucks
It is hard to know what to write after receiving 20k+ responses on something you just wrote.
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When your child is behind bars, you better be a tough mother. I write what others won’t— because silence protects the system, not the people.
A PERFECT EXPLANATION (Salt Books) A MEMOIR IN 65 POSTCARDS & THE RECOVERY DIARIES (Troubador) IN JUDGEMENT OF OTHERS (Troubador) FALLOUT. Rep'd by Jenny Savill ANA
Pragmatic criminal justice reform advocate and author of The Daily Prisoner. Director of Operations for the National Prison Debate League, Senior Paralegal, and law student.
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