BIOGRAPHY
Writing this book with my son C.J., it has both killed me inside and provided some healing as well. The title Not All Prisons Have Bars speaks for itself and holds true to all lifestyles. We all face many types of prisons in life.
They are tears only a mother cries while she watches her child's first attempted breath of life and then watched his pride sink as he tried, at no avail, to remember what sound letter “A” makes. I felt his heartache when his peers walked away as he fell before making it to first base on the baseball diamond. It pained me as I proudly watched him pray for the friends, family, and teachers who both unintentionally and intentionally hurt him.
My son, C. J., looked to me to fix things; of course we all go to mom and she makes it better. I know there was nothing in my power I could do to stop the pain and the muscle deterioration. It seemed there was nothing I could do to help him in school or society. I lived in fear as I watched him try to self-medicate himself, which led to another disease for him to fight, addiction. Every effort I made to help my son seemed only to hurt him more.
Today, I feel inspiration and I get hope when I talk to C.J. He is a great young man with a good heart. He cares about others and sees the good in everyone. C. J. has faith that God has a reason for all of his struggles and pain. He has struggled so much more than most do, just to grow up. In his struggle and desperation, and while coping with ADHD, he turned to harsh sources. C.J. is man enough to pay for his iniquities, which is why I speak with him from a medium security prison.
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In shackles and chains, he was taken to a medium security prison for a minimum level crime because he is disabled. He is serving time in prison due to plea bargains made because of Measure 11 laws. The world was moving too fast for C.J., and in his attempt to keep up while life stepped in and slowed him down. Now, C.J. can only hope that God and life will bless him.
In shackles and chains, he was taken to a medium security prison for a minimum level crime because he is disabled. He is serving time in prison due to plea bargains made because of Measure 11 laws. The world was moving too fast for C.J., and in his attempt to keep up while life stepped in and slowed him down. Now, C.J. can only hope that God and life will bless him.It is so important that this book be published and available for the world to read. In hopes making an impact where other drug addiction books have not, it is a story to open the eyes of parents, educators, counselors, drug rehab centers, politicians, and people in general. It is told from the heart of a young man who has seen the realities of the system and how it affects the disabled and the square pegs in society. It is C.J.’s prayer that this book will help someone. Help another child or teenager, so that he or she might not endure what he has. He hopes to share the harsh realities in his life and where they have led him, so that maybe others will not have to feel the pain that he has. C.J. hopes some of our laws are re-examined by politicians and tax payers. For other kids like C.J., his wish is for educators to read his words and that they will take charge of the need to prevent bullying and see to it that “No Child is Left Behind.” Most of all, he wants to feel peace and healing. He wants his to become reality.
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