Dear Rich

                                                                 March 25th, 2023 Dear Rich,   27 days until Court. Another day down. I hope you’re having a nice weekend off. Just know that not a moment goes by that I’m not thinking of you; hearing your voice, seeing your face, and imagining you holding me in your arms.   I woke up this morning and redid Sebastian‘s braids. I did four big French braids before but his hair is so thick that after showering twice, they were falling out. So I took each one out, cut each braid in half and pretty much gave him true cornrows. Eight rows of braids! I’m so proud of myself. They look so so good. Now I want long hair again so I too can have long luscious cornrows. Later this evening, I have frosty again… You know… One of my regulars. I think we’re ready to transition from two...

                                                                         March 24, 2023 Dear Rich,    It’s Friday today so I know you have work off. I hope you’re doing something fun and not stressing about me. 28 Days until Court. Four weeks. I can do this.   Another pretty cool thing happened today. One of the guys downstairs, Chava, wanted me to cut his hair. Let me explain. Two days a week, we get two sets of clippers. 90% of the guys in here have fade haircuts or shaved heads. Probably because it’s the easiest to maintain without scissors. They’ve watched me do braids over and over again and listen to me talk about working at a salon and automatically assumed that I was a licensed cosmetologist that could do anything that involves hair.   I tried very hard and descriptively to exp...

 Hi guys!  I don’t have everyone’s contact info, so I’m sorry for going about this this way. Sean is very popular and very loved, as you know, and everyone wants to visit him. However, he is only allowed 2 visits a week and a max of 2 people per visit. Because of the limited amount of people and visits allowed per week, Tracy (Sean’s mom) is coordinating the weekly visits. And there is a list of everyone wanting to go. If you are considering/wanting to go visit him, please make sure you run it through her first to ensure someone else wasn’t scheduled to go. Tomorrow was the only day that she could go visit her son in 2 weeks and apparently someone else scheduled to go without telling her. So now she’s devastated that she won’t be able to see her son for 2 more weeks.  It’s a very strict process getting to visit him, to begin with, and last minute changes/additions are not allowed. Also, coordinating with Tracy also ensures there is always 2 people going each visit, so tha...

                                                                    March 23rd, 2023 Dear Rich, How are you my love? I woke up missing you a little extra today. Another day down. 29 Days until Court. We will get through this. I’m looking forward to the day that I get to pick up the phone and hear your voice on the other end. Of course, I miss talking to you the most, but I’m also missing my other daily life interactions. I miss my every day morning chats with Laura, and going over that day, and what needed to be done with the business and then of course, followed with the previous days gossip. I miss walking into Albertsons with Tori or Melissa and saying hi to whatever Guy I decided was going to be my “store boyfriend” for the day. I miss Siggys and all of the creations. Tori and I would come up with which we both knew...

                                                                     March 22, 2023  Dear Rich, Greetings from Bunk 53 in Dayroom 4, C-POD. Another day down. 30 days until the next court date. If you haven’t figured out by now, I am writing these letters to you since we can’t talk to each other, however; I’m using them as a form to keep everyone updated on my day-to-day life here.  The highs, the lows, anything I feel like needs to be shared with our nearest and dearest, I’ve organized to send them to Jule. She will scan them and upload them to some form of a group chat, probably Facebook messenger, or a blog, for everyone to read-hopefully once or twice a week. Of course, all of the original “manuscripts” let’s call them, will be saved and sent to you. You have no idea how much this is helping me get thr...

                                                                        March 21, 2023 Dear Rich, Things are looking up in the room for! I’m starting to make more and more friends as each portion of the day goes on. I have decided that these letters are going to be the thing that get me through my time here.  It helps at the end of each day to write and reflect. Even though you won’t see this until weeks later, it still makes me feel like I get to talk to you every day. It’s like our own version of “The Notebook!” LOL. Please tell me you’ve seen that movie… One of the best things happened earlier today; someone came up to me and asked me if I knew how to braid!! I think it’s hysterical. That people see that I’m gay, and that must mean I know how to braid. They obviously haven’t met a gay guy like you. Ha ...

         March 20, 2023  My dearest Rich,   I  don't even know where or how to begin this letter.  I  started feeling extremely hopeless and emotional and decided that the only way to conquer it, was to pretend that I  was talking to you.  YOU.  Since the day that I met you, you have always been such a strong rock for me.  You've sustained me, held me up, and done nothing but always look out for me and our future; even if you didn't agree with me.  I  don't know that I've actually said it out loud, and i guess I'm still not, but I'm writing it down....for now.  Thank you. Thank you.  Thank you.  I  don't deserve you and I'm so lucky that you chose and continue to choose me to be your person.  I  want you to know that you , in return, no matter how big the storm, regardless of whatever hardship, through every high and most certainly every low, will always be MY person. For ...

Dear Family, Friends & Loved Ones,   In a conversation with Sean a few days ago, he mentioned that he sat down to write a letter to Rich...and as he was writing... he realized that he was really writing to all of us.  As much as he would love to be able to speak with each and every one of you daily, the lines are often several hours long to make a phone call, and then when he gets to make one....its ONE....and only lasts 15 minutes.  He wanted a way to communicate with everyone. As a result, he's sending me letters every few days, meant for Rich and us, and has asked me to type them out as soon as I  get them and "publish them" (can't you just hear him saying that? LOL) I'm hoping you will take the time to read his letters as they are published, and then comment. He is really looking forward to hearing what everyone has to say and I will relay the messages, as well as send them to him.     Above all, he really wants to thank everyone so much for al...