18 Days in Middleton Correctional Facility

HA HA HA HA!!!!!

        You got me there. Really........  word travels that fast. To be 100% honest my bid in Middleton was one of the most nauseating and horrifying experiences I've ever had in my short life. True, my time in Middleton was brief, 18 days in all, but it felt like I was in there for about six months. Seconds went by like minutes, minutes went by like hours and hours were never ending. Right again there buddy, the honest truth is the fine folks up there at ECCF classified my white ass right on over to 120 B in other words the Gang Block. I tell you there isn't anything as liberating as being locked down 19 1/2 hours a day. I got well acquainted with the graffiti on the walls, eventually I even added my own tag. I don't know what being sent to the Gang Block was all about, probably had to to do with overcrowding and inside politics. At this point I am just glad to be free and I vow to never do anything so stupid as to return to Middleton in this short life of mine. I can tell you one thing for certain, Spending 18 days in Middleton was a real eye-opener for me, I had more than enough time to reflect upon my life and think about what is what in life. I came to the conclusion that most of us take our lives for granted, I know I did, but I have learned from this experience and can say with the utmost sincerity "That which does not kill us only makes us stronger!!!!" As I sit here and type I can only hope that the ones I love feel fit to forgive me as I have forgave those whom I believed left me to my own devices. During my 14th sleepless night around 4AM I found God in the form of a vision of light washing over me allowing me to lay in bed normally instead of kicking my legs and thrashing around. This is the truth, I prayed on the 12th night and the 13th night and again on the 14th night when my prayers were answered in the form of being able to relax in bed rather than kicking all night long. The 15th night until my last night I was able to lay in bed at night in peace which for me was a blessing from above. Now when I am about to sleep for the night I take a moment and pray, especially for my beautiful daughter and the mother of my child whom I love more than she will ever know in the hopes that she can forgive me, so that we can become a family once again as it should be. Lesson learned....Step back and look at who you have in your life and never take for granted that which should give you the ultimate joy in your life every day in which you live.