Offering hope to those trying to change and encouragement to those trying to help them
In 2007, two years after I had taken over ownership of the bakery, I contacted an attorney about having my criminal record cleared. I was providing 40+ jobs in the community and was a long-time local homeowner. It was relatively uneventful; I paid the attorney and it was over. Or, so I thought. In 2008, …
The Girl in My Wallet, Chapter 23: From Inmate to CitizenRead More »
I think humanity has been asking this question since the dawn of time. It is a bit more personal at this moment, though. We are not reading about a plague from the Old Testament or the Dark Ages. The media is giving us statistics of widespread illness and death to compare to our current COVID-19 …
I had my first experience with separatism in elementary school when the teacher was handing out flyers for an afterschool activity and pulled mine back because it had a fee involved. I was in the free lunch program. I would glimpse racism in my repeated visits to the Peirce County Jail in the early 90’s …
What do you do when you retire on top of a successful bakery career? You go back to jail. I started at the Coeur d’ Alene French Baking Company in 1994 for $5 per hour, minimum wage at the time. In 2005, I found myself at the helm of this multi-million-dollar corporation serving high-quality breads …
A while I back had the privilege to speak to a group of women at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (Purdy) preparing to release. I arrived with an outline for my topic, but ready to invite interaction from the class. I wanted to know what was on their minds to make the best use …