Hello,
My name is Angel. Im 37 years old and this is my first time blogging or even being part of an online group. Forgive me if I do not know the lingo. Im familiar with Snap chat lol. But anyway, my first born son was just sentenced to 23 years 8 months. He was arrested March 2016 just 2 months after his 18th birthday and has been in county jail ever since. He will be shipped off to prison in just a few weeks. Trial was one of the hardest things I've gone through. I felt like I was emotionally beat up every day for 2 weeks. But I had to be there for my son. Then came the conviction, and sentencing was just last Friday. My son will not be home for a very long time. Im looking for ways to cope and hoping to meet other mothers that know exactly what Im going through. This isn't the type of thing you let your co-workers know or I do not feel comfortable telling them. Family and friends do not know what this feels like as they have not been in my shoes fortunately. They try to be supportive but I can tell they are just trying to find the right words to say.
Im sad, I get angry, and Im scared to death of what my son will have to face in prison. I feel the enhancement laws are not fair and that they are unjust. My son would have got a sentence less than 10 years but due to the enhancement law he received more than double the sentence. How does this provide a chance to rehabilitate? An over extended stay in prison at such a young age? Its just not fair.
Well thanks for hearing me. And hello to you all.
Angel
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