The Iron Door
The sound of the doors closing in the jail is very startling no matter how many times you go inside. The closed doors have two purposes: 1.) keep the “bad”…
Shattered…and still I rise
“I am trying to build courage now- draw on the wisdom of past events and experiences to help me move forward. “ (member of the life stories group) “I felt…
PechaKucha Easton
A few years ago, a Lafayette student and I presented the story of the women at the first PechaKucha event in Easton. You can watch that here.
The Serenity Prayer
Living the Serenity Prayer God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference. ~…
Book Club
Book Club by Maude Weiss (a Lafayette College student volunteer) A wise man sang a plea for a place where “Nothing is secret, everything’s sacred” A wise man painted me…
A Tale of Two Women
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,…
Knocking on the Devil’s Door
A few weeks ago during a go-around one of the women said “I knocked on the devil’s door but did not expect him to answer.” Tonight those words kept going…
Easter Morning Behind Bars
I check the time on my phone which is safely kept under my pillow.Damn! 8:45! I need to be in the jail by 9. I had woken up at 7…
The Empowerment Quilt
We sat at the writing table. Ten women from the local corrections work release unit, eight Lafayette College student volunteers, and me. The assignment was to write a life story…
Safer inside the jail?
I read a story online this morning entitled "Prison was the only place this addict was safe." It told the story of the struggle of addictions and the danger on…