Dispatches from the Front Lines

Loss of Visits Update 5.25

I cried this morning, briefly. It was a fast lump-in-throat moment— but I have gotten pretty good at moving through these quickly.

On May 5, my son was taken off of LOP (Loss of Privileges) status. Finally.

After 9 months of spending every day, all day locked in a cell with no daily access to fresh air, no phone calls, no TV, no programming, no job— he has seen the sun. As of Monday, he now gets 2 hours a day in the yard and he can call me during that time. We still don’t get visits, but we can talk on the phone.

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This morning my son called and we had a regular, unhurried, happy conversation about his new routine. He wakes at 6 am, makes coffee (thank YOU for that), reads a book, and then waits for his cell door to be opened so that he can go out to the yard. He gets in a morning workout and then heads back inside to shower and eat.