Today is my Freedom Day!! I left prison 6 years ago and came home to my family. I’ve not forgotten what made me go to prison. I make better choices today and try to influence others to do the same. I work to help others have access to education while…

What beauty is… My dad taught me to appreciate the beauty around me. My mom taught me to appreciate the beauty within people. I used to drive through the Appalachian Mountains and watch as the seasons changed on my way to and from work. It was so peaceful. I see…

A Decade of Sobriety. Today marks one decade of sobriety for me. I look at this date as a sober date because I got sober when I was unable to get alcohol in a jail cell. People would think I would’ve become sober after my accident but 14 months of…

I remember this day every day of my life… July 25th, 2008. I stood there in utter shock when the Captain from RS Albany was in my living room telling me the accident I had hours before took a man’s life. There are few things from that day I remember…

“Yellow Motorcycles” It happens every summer… I see the first yellow motorcycle of the season and I’m brought back to that day. Today was by far the worst flashback I have ever experienced. The tears streaming down my face as my mind takes me back to the day I found…

“Where do you see yourself in the next five years?” Five years ago I would have never pictured my life would look like it does today. Five years ago was the last day I woke up in a prison and walked out of the prison gates into the arms of…