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Black Sheep Mom is a little secret world. Kinda.

Mar 13 • Bridget Young

This Is a Pre-Paid Call

about the parole board update

Apr 17 • Bridget Young

I Refuse to Wear a Cross

How being the mother of a prisoner has changed me

Apr 3 • Bridget Young

Reading Tolstoy With Friends

A Misfit Lit Zoom Call (and a Russian Tea Cake recipe)

Mar 27 • Bridget Young

No Longer Anonymous

And others acts of acceptance

Mar 20 • Bridget Young

Most Popular

Confession #9: My son is guilty.

Mar 21, 2025 • Bridget Young

Confession #20: Not Guilty Does Not Mean Innocent

Oct 3, 2025 • Bridget Young

I Refuse to Wear a Cross

Apr 3 • Bridget Young

Why Is He In Trouble?

Jan 24, 2025 • Bridget Young

Recent posts

White Bears are Everywhere

How drugs really get into prisons.

Mar 6 • Bridget Young

An Interview with Bridget

A quick chat about things that get us through

Feb 24 • Bridget Young and Bridget Belden

24:17

American Corrections cost you $270 billion last year

Here are your tax forms.

Feb 20 • Bridget Young

The Halfway Point

A Resurrection Check In

Feb 13 • Bridget Young

I Hope You Learned Your Lesson

The Parole Board Hunger Games

Feb 6 • Bridget Young

Mom to Mom

Happy Birthday, Outlaw

The time I named a criminal

Jan 23 • Bridget Young

The Shepherds Keeping Watch

A messy, thankless job

Dec 12, 2025 • Bridget Young

Confession #21: I'm In A Mood This Month

In the middle of nowhere

Nov 14, 2025 • Bridget Young

The Hidden Cost of Freedom

With Liberty and Justice For Some

Nov 11, 2025 • Bridget Young

On Being A Failed Mom

And why I keep writing

Sep 19, 2025 • Bridget Young

There Are Worse Things in the World

Thoughts From the Road

Jun 27, 2025 • Bridget Young

Confession #15: Dads Matter

3-Inch Heels, Rampaging Elephants, and A Boy From New Orleans

Jun 13, 2025 • Bridget Young

The Robots are Human

Jun 6, 2025 • Bridget Young

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