Good Times........

What up ya'll.... Well I've had a fair week considering where I'm at; So I called home this past weekend and well my whole family is there getting their B-B-Q on.... nieces, nephews, brothers, sister, mom and my wife and kids.... Well I was happy and excited, see my family don't always do things like that but to hear that, there was a start..... Well; hell yea!!!!!! See my family rocks we have just never rock together at one time and just my luck I've missed the first one but I damm sure won't miss the next! Mom said they had out board games and stuff for the kids and that's cool, but I'd like to get a bounce house for all the kids and I'd like to try for a mandatory B-B-Q once a month, we can have it anywhere and or change the location, the only thing that would be important is for all family to show up I'm all about that folks....

Anyways for me good times are just right around the corner and gets closer with each passing day. My life has changed and for the better and all I  want to do now is share that with the ones I love and care about. Family is a huge part of living the American dream and so I damm sure don't want to be short  changed out of that. I'm going to have to bust my ass out there but it will always be worth it to see smiles on faces of the ones I love. I sat here today and thought of my family B-B-Q and well... I had a smile from ear to ear.. of course it ain't all roses but hey, we all got issues that need to be addressed and you know what?.... As long as it's family first; good things will follow and of that I am positive.

Love heals all they say, and I pray that's true and I will give 110% always because I am not a Quitter I don't give up and especially not with the ones I love!

I have a friend here with me, I've wrote about this men in the past he's a Vietnam Vet., served 3 tours over in that shit hole, came home and caught a life sentence in which he served 40 already.... this man shouldn't be here, he has kids that are grown and can care less about him based on nothing but a bunch  of bullshit; P.T.S.D. Yep this man has it, decelerated War Vet. Yet where is his country now?  Better yet where is his country men now? Is he truly to be judged all his life on one moment in his? Yet that is exactly what happen to him. I don't see this man as a criminal because of his mistake, I choose to see him as a war hero who got stuck in a shitty situation and dealt with it the only way our military taught him how and that's not a cop out that's just facts.... Anyways it's because of men like him that we have freedom here in this country and I hold a high respect for that.

A close friend of mine once said : " Every man dies but not every man lives."   Well that's true; so why then, do we treat someone who made one mistake different?

Anyhow he will come up for  parole soon and I find myself praying with all my heart he gets it; for in my opinion no man deserves better then at least a fair shot! This man has no family here except the friends he makes.... he's a Vet., biker, person, friend and I've come to see him as part of my "inside family"... which is kind of hard to get into because well.. I'm usually a complete asshole for one, but long story short I'm just wondering if he even has any old war buddies out there who might not even know he's alive and well..... Although he does walk with a limp because of a wound he picked up in country years ago. Yea my good buddy, who has been like a second uncle to me Lennox Crammer is and was, that dude!!!!

On the day I started my M.C ( Motorcycle Club) he will either my be V.P or Sargent in arms because he's that stand up and well that's why I have chosen to include him in this  " Good Times" family story, because I am hopefully for him #1  that he's granted parloe, #2 that he stays close to people that care about him and #3 he often speaks of a man he holds high respects for...... he calls him " The General".

If any of you out there know this man don't be shy, leave a comment! Or better yet look him up yourself and let him know you are still alive and give a shit! On that note I will bring this to a close peace out all!!!!

The Mentch  

Prison

Prison of course is a funny place and I mean that, where else could you see things like... a guy scratching his own ass then smelling his fingers or take a dump and not washing his hands then try to shake your hand, can you say " Thank G-d " for the " fist bump". I'm serious last night I saw a man eat his own buggers!!! Picked his nose and then sucked hard on the same finger, still others will go days without a shower... people can be stupid and when they think no one is watching even dumber!!
It's a place where men can act like boys.. liars. thrives, and you can be anyone  you want... gangsters, drug dealers, professional snipers, but never a street corner baser that's been down on there luck.
The system has changed since I first  got locked up, now we have lots of kids coming in here and these kids are bad apples of society, no remorse, no understanding, they just don't care and... you just can't correct that.

D.O.C has done a lot of changes since I've been in the system but none of it is what these kids need... they need there asses beat! broke down, and built back up again into men; parents! in this country have failed  to raise there kids, so social media, bad friends and video games have along  with new waves of drugs and violence....Adults have failed in America; and that's what I've seen with my own two eyes. I'm scared for my family and of course I want to protect them from this but I'm also smart enough to realize we can't run from problems like this...  We need to do better! And time, time spent with your kids has always been how you nature your child, not  T.V, Social Media, and first person shooting games... As adults shouldn't we be learning from our mistakes and addressing the issue head on? Have we all forgotten how to be men and woman in our own country? Does anyone hear me out there?!

Simply put; if we aren't there enough in our kids lives... someone else will be., what will they teach them?
To hate? 
To hurt?
That's scary and it will not take place under the roof I live in and you shouldn't either... the only moral you teach your kids by not being there is that the money you make is always more important then them. I've been told  by some real old timers that at times they feel like there safer in here, than they would be out there... and in a bigger way what they say for them; might be true , but you can't change things from in prison
So forward I go !!



 The Mentch