I was just curious - how much mail do you send to your loved ones behind bars?

My husband says he gets more mail than anybody where he is (there's 400 guys there) - that it is very rare for him not to get something in the mail, even if it's a magazine.

At least once a day ! :) We have no phone calls, and we haven't had a visit yet !! :( He too receives more mail than anyone else :)

Hi I am a busy little mama, I write four inmates at Pelican Bay including my son Richard. I also send out greeting cards for inmates to use all over the US. The postman thinks I'm nuts LOL. Barbara

I try to write my son daily although sometimes it is hard to think of things to say!! Sometimes I just send him a card. He also receives magazines.

I write daily. I also send magazines, articles and pictures--separately. In general--he gets about 11 pieces of mail a week from me in addition to the daily newspaper. He tells me that he gets the most mail too.

Molly

I try to write AG one long letter at least once a week, then send cards and whatever else I can think of inbetween. I got a letter form him today and he ended it with "I love you~can't wait to hear from you soon"
I think that's a hint he wants me to write more :D

It all depends and it goes in stages... Sometimes it is daily and sometimes once or twice per week... I always write more than I get back and I am fine with that... It is what keeps my Partner alive in my head (my heart does not need the same kind of reminder) Writing to me is always when I need to talk to him. It is when I need to share. It helps me to stay sane.

I write daily it makes me remember how much he means to me and that way he can have something about my life as the days go by cause I write him daily and tell me what I do all day so he can knwo what im doing. he loves it.
He also get the most were he is..

I write my husband 2 or 3 times a day. It's like I'm talking to him and I write just about everyday! I love him so much. I think he tried to push me away once because he can't express himself like he wants to beind bars. He said once that he didn't won't a relationship because it was to hard and he had to stay focused while being there. I want him home so bad!

Phases...I might write 3 or 4 page letters 3 or 4 days in a row, but then I won't write more than one 6 to 10 page letter letter the next week. After visits we run out of stuff to write about. I usually end up filling requests for song lyrics that he asks for at the visits, or tracking down legal info and sending that.

I write a page or two almost every day- but I only send out mail about once or twice a week. Whenever I have a moment of peace and quiet, I will write.
Allthough he doesn't receive mail on a daily basis, he knows where he stands and that with all the kids I simply don't have the time to complete a letter. I do feel guilty, though- because I know he looks forward for my letters at least as much as I do for his. I used to write him a lot more.
In my opinion, it's not just the quantity- it's the quality!

i write daily, its like really talking with him and that feels good, we share everything. and i know he loves getting mail from me as much as possible.

oh my you guys put me to shame!!!! i only right my soulmate once every 2 weeks:o but its normally a 8 to 10 page letter. he writes me a letter once a week though sometimes i may get 3 letters from him in a week.

I write to my husband 3-4 times a week sometimes more. I too send clippings, jokes, pictures, etc... He writes to me daily. I used to write to him daily and now I don't. I feel guilty, but I am very busy. We talk on the phone daily and i go to see him at least every 2 weeks.

Deb

i write kenneth 2 times a day, once in the morning while drinking my coffee, then at night before i go to bed, then on week ends, between cleaning and kids, i wrte him all day long

lulu

I write clinton every day. I used to type the letters but since we have internet the boys use the computer much more so now I write every night before I go to sleep, in my bed the old fashion way, but I like it. the next morning I post the letter when I go to work. He writes me about 3 times a week.

i WOULD SAY ON AVERAGE ONCE A WEEK, SOMETIMES MORE,I TALK TO HIM THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK AND SEE HIM AT LEAST EVERY OTHER WEEK- I HAVE A VERY HECTIC SCHEDULE --I ENVY THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE THE TIME TO WRITE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY!!

i dont type my letters to kenneth, i do my penpals,

I have my penpal ministry and I write an average of 5-7 letters everyday and I take weekends off. I have around 20 prisoners I write to now, only one is a family member, my cousin. It brings me so much joy when their letters come, one friend wrote that it is like the icecream truck coming down the road when the mail comes.

I write daily... and sometimes more.... I often send books, magazines and miscellaneous "tidbits" and will send them separately from letters sometimes..... :) We too don't get phone calls and only have 2 hours a month together in visits.... and I figure since he is in seg, he doesn't have that many "highlights"... he too says he gets the most mail... in fact that CO's give him a hard time about it....
I often write on the computer (because I can type FAR faster than I can write by hand....) and will sit down and write throughout the day... I tell JD everything via letters, it is my only way to "talk" to him!! :)

As of right now we write daily (while he's in seg) Normally neither of us writes actual letters that much, maybe 1x a week because we talk 2x a day and see eachother every weekend. He always gets cards, mags and books though, and also says he get a ton more mail than most guys. Makes me sad to think of the guys who's names never get called :(

I write Billy at least twice a week, not including cards and money orders. My weekday letters are short since I have to work. On weekends the letters seem to be longer, at least 3 or 4 pages.

It varies for us-but averages about once a week on both of our ends...sometimes as many as 4 a week, and sometime zero...usually once though.
We talk twice a week on the phone for either 1/2hr or an hour each time-and I try to get up to visit him twice a month. *sigh*
I miss him so much right now though-it's been 7 weeks since I've seen him!!!! because of $ and car stuff-bleh...I'm trying to have enough $ to go this weekend though. Everyone cross your fingers for me on that. I actually sent him like 6 pcs of mail in the past week, which is a record for me:) hahahaha

I try to send something every day...I'm usually successful...every three or four weeks I get burnt out and only send something once or twice a week for about a week..but we also see each other every weekend and talk at least three times a week...

Emme

I used to write everyday, but have slowed down some. Partly because we talk on the phone so often. I generally put something in the mail at least 2-3 times a week though, even if just a card to let him know I am thinking about him. Will probably get back to once a day when I go back to work. You know back to a routine, which I haven't been in for 6 months!

Oh goodness, since I write to dozens of inmates, I couldn't even estimate.

All I know is I pay A LOT in postage, and a card shop here in my town has given me a PERMANENT 25% discount on all the cards I buy. They're wonderful people. I go in and cry all the time, saying "You remember that man in Arizona who's really sick..." and they tell me "Tell him we are also praying for him." And they faithfully write down inmate's names, and genuinely pray for them!

My post office USED to wonder why so much of my mail was from PRISONS all over the continent, until I explained what I do. They must have thought I was from the MOST DISFUNCTIONAL FAMILY ON EARTH, and all my relatives were in prison! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Menolly

I don't get to talk to Dale, haven't for a couple months now (he's in seg too). Also, there are no visits. With the schedule I keep, I still try to write him 3-4 times a week. If I'm unable to do that, I'll stick a card in the mail.

Jodygirl

Hi , I write my Eddie mostly every day a letter, if not I send him a card... I really need it ..LOL.. and I am sure , he ,too
;-)

I used to write my fiance 3 times a week but now I send a letter out everyday! It makes me feel better because I know he loves receiving mail from me~ I only get to see him for 2 hours a week so by writing him everyday it's like we talk everyday! I get around 3-4 letters a week from him which is a miracle because he hates writing!
Monika~n~Eric~forever

Well before my Tracy was killed by the state of Mississippi in July I wrote him at least twice a day and we had 3 or 4 phone calls a week.
I also have 800+ inmates that i write, so some days I write 50+ letters some days only one or two. It depnds on the mail.
softie

i sure hope nothing ever happens to sofite, i will get stuck with all the 800 she has,,,lol i am teasing her, she knows it too

I write to Tony every day...I start a letter when I get home from work at night and write every time I have time during the day..I mail him one letter for the weekend. Saturday and Sunday together. I run out of things to say ...IF anyone that knows me can believe that :)
Renee

I write Boo a letter each day...since we dont have phone calls anymore (we used to talk daily), I like to write him and let him know how my day has been. He also writes me a letter each day, but lately its been 2 longgggg letters each week! i also send jokes, cards and lyrics to songs that I like that make me think about him.

Patrice

I send a lot of jokes and stuff too. Some of the other prisoners check in with my husband each night to find out what mail I've sent 'them' - Wayne gives away the jokes and extras.

What a great idea for a poll, Danielle!

I try very hard to put something in the mail for Shawn every day...even if it is only a card telling him how much I care about him.

For a long time, I would handwrite all the letters...and then I told him that if I could type them out on the computer, I'd be inclined to write more (60 wpm, LOL). He said "whatever is easier for you, baby". So, it's about 50/50, depending on how much time I have. I like writing by hand, because it's so much more "personal", but then I like all the cool fonts and colors when I use MS Word.

Since I teach scrapbooking and paper arts, I am always sending him handmade cards, origami samples, and pictures on fancy hand-cut mats. I also make all my own envelopes, usually out of antiqued vellum paper...bet no one else in El Dorado CF gets "prettier" mail! LOLOL!

My longest letter was 17 pages...lately they average 5-6.

In the first three months we wrote to each other, I received nearly 60 letters from him, and sent back over 100 (the pen-pal equivalent of "hot and heavy" LOLOL). Soon, he will have to send mine back to me, as he is only allowed to keep so many in his cell. Also, he has told me that others are jealous of all his mail (and calls)...so that happens in a lot of prisons, apparently. I, too, think of all the people inside who have no one to write them...no one who cares. Very sad.

The letters from him are fewer in the past month or so...being in seg, he is limited to the $$$ he can spend, including postage. I try to understand what he's going through...even though I am in a financial bind as of late, I still have opportunities to change the situation--Shawn does not.

So, I will continue to write as much as possible, and pray for some light at the end of the tunnel.

Great poll, by the way :D

Susan in Providence

I write to Danny everyday, and get a letter from him everyday.I have tried to send him mags. but in Kanas they are not allowed to receive them unless they have the money on there books and can order them, themself. Can't even send him the t.v. guide, it was sent back .I don't understand it, but like him, I must also play by there rules!

I write letters daily, but not always with someone in prison. I am not allowed writing letters to the Alabama prisoners because of my past affliliation. I have children, friends, and e-mail partners for writing. I respond as fast as I get them for it offers encouragement for more. It is kind of like playing tag as a child......Tag, you it! LOL! 38 Special

~~waving to Joy, stacey, Angel Florez, and Darlene~~

Sometimes, I am confused by the mail policies at El Dorado CF. I can't send magazines, but I can send (soft cover) books. I can't send Polaroids, but I can send all the photos I want in any other format (as large as 8 x 10, no limit to amount). I can send printouts of ANY Internet content, yet KDOC heavily frowns upon prisoners taking ad***tage of Net personal ads (nor can they take photos for such ads). In fact, they can't have their photo taken at all, the way I understand it.

Anyway, after reading so many other states' rules, I think the Kansas DOC is actually more liberal than most, regarding mail content and phone usage. If we can pay the bill, they don't care if we talk all day....in ad seg, he has his own phone inside the cell. He can get all the mail he wants, and I have sent a lot of things I thought would never make it through (prison activist mailings, Native American underground petitions, anti-government news items, handmade cards with metal embellishments, many layers glued together, etc.). The mailroom staff is very pleasant, and have always been helpful and polite to me. I've never received a letter or package from Shawn that was opened and/or censored, which is different from other states as I understand it.

Now we'll see how the visiting policy stacks up in the spring!

Susan in Providence

Boy I wish I had time to write Stephen more but betwen kids and trying to keep this house clean--not easy , my kids are little pigs--I try to write him 1-2 times a week but sometimes it is more and sometimes it is less...He knows I love him and I know he loves me so it is no big deal with us..althoug he got a little hurt when I didnt write him for about 3 weeks..so I try and make sure he gets at least one letter a week or more ...he writes me more than I write him but he knows that is because he doesnt have anything to do all day right now (he is in county and they dont work or anything) but when he was in TDC he we both went a couple weeks without writing eachother cause we were both so busy(he was working all day and had classes at night) I think it is more about quality not quantity in our reltionship....but I am going ot try and get him some more mail this week cause now I am eeling bad...LOL...:).....

I know-this thread motivated me too...I sent him 4 things since last week! That's big for me.

Amelia,

You shouldn't feel bad at all....raising a home full of children is an all-consuming job in itself (my best friend has 4, including 3 boys under age 9!). Everyone's situation is different....I only have one teenage daughter, and she is fairly self-sufficient, so I have more free time on my hands to write letters.

In my eyes, your strength, grace and dedication to your family in the face of adversity speaks volumes about your love for Stephen, much more than any letter could do.

Give yourself a pat on the back....you certainly deserve it!

Susan in Providence

I write every single day to Albert..........yet he STILL complains that it's not enough!! GEEZ!

I write to him about my day, and what I did all day, so he can still be involved in my life. Although I think that I should be the one complaining about letters since, I only get 1 letter every two weeks!!

You all put me to shame for sure! I only write about twice a week it is all I can manage. I am in school full time and work full time so there is not much time left. My man writes me everyday tho which makes me feel bad. He is really understanding. I wish I had more time to write him.

Thanks Susan! :D I am trying my best....

We each write three letters a week on M-W-F; and we have three phone calls a week, on T-T-Sun. So only one day a week on Sat. we don't have any contact. We don't have visits.

Justin and I write to each other everyday. Then I also write a letter to him from Justina (our two month old) everyday just letting him know how her day was and to tell him that she loves him and misses him. I also send him a few cards a week as well as alot of pictures of me and the baby. He definitely gets more mail than any of the other guys where he is. We talk on the phone almost everyday also and he always has me put the phone to Justina's ear so he can tell her that he loves her and misses her and that he'll be home with us soon.

Amelia- I feel you girl! I have eight kids in my house plus work full and part time! Wish Ron understood that like everyone here on PTO Sometimes his expectations are unrealistic! I am only one person!!!

WOW YOU PEOPLE MADE ME FEEL BAD I GUESS I NEED TO START WRITING A BIT MORE THAN WEEKLY.

I write James every day of the week, and I take our girls to see him about every 4 months or so.Plus, the girls write him once a week. So, he gets plenty of mail.
Sherry

I WRITE MY HUSBAND EVERY DAY, SOMETIMES TWICE A DAY AND I SEND HIM BOOKS EVERY TWO WEEKS. I GET MAIL ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY. HE CANT CALL AND WE DONT HAVE VISITS RIGHT NOW. HE JUST GOT TRANSFERRED AND HES IN ORIENTATION RIGHT NOW, ONCE HES THROUGH THEN HE CAN CALL AND WE WILL HAVE VISITS. BUT I WRITE EVERY DAY

I write Dennis every day. I start in the morning and finish it up at the end of the work day, that way I can mail it on my way home. He also gets about 4 (can't remember now) or more magazines. One is daily and there are about 12 guys waiting for it. They have worked out a distribution list. He is an avid reader so I end up sending about 6 books a month. He reads fast too. He wrote me that there were requests for westerns this time around. So that's what I did sent 12 of them. Dennis is a well liked guy. I get a letter from him every day, except the weekends through it off cause the mailroom must get busy so they don't get to scan through the letters fast enough. It takes longer for my mail to get through to him then for his to get to me.
We don't get phone calls, but I do get to visit for 2 hours every weekend. The letters are my lifeline through the week as mine are to him.
Leslie

Just a rough estimate - the one's who responded to this poll spend over $5000 a year in postage combined. That does not count the postage prices when prisoners send mail back to us. Keep those mail truck rolling!

I write to my guy 2 or three times a week. I also send him poems I have written and pictures that I print from the internet. I also recently sent him pictures of my kids (they are not his.) I just want him to know that I love him and I miss him.

OH MY GOSH!! no wonder my husband feels neglected!! I only write maybe once a week, well I try too at least send him something every week. We do talk on the phone at least an hour a day, (until the phone gets cut off then I write more until I get my account cleared up( usually takes two weeks till the next payday) and then the cicle continues. Oh when will I learn?? But you all have motivated me and my New Years Resolution will be to write TWICE a week. (Don't wanna overdue it, or he might start expecting it) heeheehaahaa


Whitney

Talk on the phone an hour a day! I wish I could do that! I don't think we talked that much when he was at home! :) If we could talk an hour a day, Wayne could kiss letters goodbye! :p

O.K. you made me feel better, THANX maybe he is not so neglected. I love letters but I love hearing his voice and talking to him all that much more.
I actually live in ***couver, BC and he is in Utah so I think I could of bought my Dream Toyota Sequoia with all the $ I have spent on the phone (well maybe not that much, but a Forunner at least) but now and for the last year I have been using remote call-forwarding so it makes it a local collect call which has helped alot!!!

Whitney

I write Sean about twice weekly, and the letters are usually 3 to 4 pages- lately he's been writing me a lot more than that though, so I'm attempting to send an equal amount of correspondence in return- (tough to do while working and going to school full time!)

I WRITE OR TRY TO WRITE EVERYDAY,TO JESSE.MY EX WHO IS ALSO THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN;I WRITE HIM WHEN HE ASKS ABOUT THE KIDS.I ALSO HAVE A PEN PAL I STARTED WRITING WHO IS ON DEATHROW IN RALIEGH NC SO I STAY PRETTY BUSY

I use to write my fiance & then hubby a letter each day..sometimes they would be 8-10 pages long!

Great topic!

How often do I write? Well I have about 20 inmates that I am currently actively writing, so I write letters daily, but not to each one! At this point in time, I wait for a response back to my last letter before I respond individually, unless something special happens in my life or theirs – Birthdays, catastrophes, etc. Thank the powers that be for puters and cut/paste! I try to keep a ‘daily log’ of events and another of generic type of answers / questions / things like that. As I write one, I will pick and choose things from those ‘files’ and put them into the individual letters. I hate to retype things. When I first start writing an inmate, I let them know that I am writing others, and that I use cut / paste. So far none are really upset about this situation. My letters usually end up 3-5 pages, both sides, so the guys I am writing should have no reason to complain! I have read on some sites to not let them know that I am writing others, but I feel that it is only fair to let them know. And a couple are in the same institution and they don’t have a problem with that so far. Perhaps I am just lucky in this respect.

But daily to an individual? Not at this point in time. The closest I got to this was with one in FL. We were writing about 3 times a week, letters crossed in the postal service. No problem there. But that relationship is now over. Long story.

To those of you only writing one person, Best of luck to you! And daily sounds great! Also the daily log and sending it out 1 or 2 times week also sounds like a workable solution. I know that postage adds up real quick!

Right now, I am about 8 letters behind, so I need to get my butt in gear and get writing.

Best of luck to all of you writing!

Later,

Jerry

I started this poll in October of last year...now I hardly ever write. It's not that I don't want to - but we talk on the phone almost every day. On weekends, sometimes 4 or more times a day. Also, he's coming home soon, so I'm trying to save up things to actually tell him in person! :)

I have missied one day writing a letter in the last 169, and that was because he had court the next day. We talk to each other on the phone everyday too so sometimes it's hard to think of things to write about but somehow I manage. Rarely is a letter less then four pages. I guess I just tell him how much I love him in a lot of different ways.

hello I am new here , but I write two penpals, One I send jokes that I print out weekly and a letter with it , and the other I send a 9 page letter weekly as we just have so much in common ... I have sent out letters to 2 others that i am waiting on replies to see how the connection goes and that will dictate how the writing goes.. arriana :)

It makes me extremely disappointed in myself to see all these posts about how they get alllll this mail, and my boyfriend is i the process of yelling at me because he doesnt get much.I used to write him 4 times a week, but over time its gone down to almost a letter a week, sumtimes every 2 weeks. I've been trying to change that lately, but wow. i feel horrible. And by the way.... how do u guys send them magazines??!!

i write him daily atleast letters 1 from me an from our 3 week old son he gets the most mail too in jail he is fixing to be shipped out we find out where sept 10.

CADEN LOVES HIS DADDY

I usd to write a letter a day and so did he lately though I'm afraid I have been slacking and so is he.I send a couple a week and get one a week back.Gotta get my but in gear and start writing more again cause I know I miss my mail so I'm sure he does too!

I write him about two times a week. After reading this post I'm going to send him something everyday and see what his reaction is. I feel like I'm slacking in the writing letters department but he understands that I'm busy.

He communicates far better in writing than on the phone. We talk maybe once a week. I get mail from him every other day and I send him mail almost everyday. He will actually save some things for letters. He gets cards once or twice a month and I get cards once a month. Some mags. aren't allowed so I'll rip out the pages of interest. If an article mentions a web page I'll send a copy that too. I also send silly little emails I get from friends. We have a lot to talk about because I just got a new place that is totally empty, so I'll send him print outs of different pieces of furniture to get his opinion on things. I also am in the process of getting a new motorcyle or truck so I send him the pictures of the things I'm looking at to get his opinion on that stuff as well. It makes him feel like he has a major part in the day to day decisions that go on in my life.

I haven't sent him many letters, now that we're able to communicate daily by phone. But I think that I'll send him a letter this week. I think that he likes to know that I care about him and that he is important to me. WOUDLN'T YOU???

-Sher

I agree with you RAW. I well we used to write like two to three times a week but now I see him every Saturday and Its like hat else do I say but I just have so much to say but cant get it on paper. And can someone PM me and Raw so we can see how to send those Magazines?

I write every day, sometimes twice a day and I always try to send his insprirational things. They were on lock down and and he said that he got 6 letters from me, when he got out.

I write my hubby every day, several times a day about the daily events so he feels like he is still a part of my life. I just write some each time I go outside to smoke, and build up a day or two (or three) and then send it. I also send cards every once in a while, to let him know how special he is to me.

Unfortunately he is on lockdown, so he hasn't received one letter from anyone since he was transferred. :( But, he will get a whole stack of them when mail comes around!

I write at lease three letters a week and I try to include everything that goes on from home to work to church to the kids working my nerves(lol) sometimes I find myself talking about the same things when he calls but it't okay with him.

I also write once or twice a day, for 10 years now. There is always something to talk about, even if we think it's petty or boring, he enjoys it. And SAVETIM I agree, it's a great thing to keep them a part of our everyday life.

I write to my husband at LEAST once a day. He writes me daily too. He's in PC so it's easy for him to do so. He gets more mail than anyone else. I send books too, and he passes them to the other inmates when he's done with them. (We can only do that til he's transferred out of county.) He gets magazines too. And I send him $50 a paycheck for comissary. We only get to talk once a week since it's $15 a call, but I talked him into two a week starting next week. It's a 7 hour drive one way to see him but i've managed to see him 3 times in the 2 months he's been gone. If I skip a day (sunday mail) then he doesn't have much to write to me about. His mom writes him almost everyday too.

After he's gone from County, I'll keep sending books for the other guys. We feel SO bad for the guys that don't get mail or comissary money. I know what I'm doing for Christmas!!

Since Mike has been gone a little over 2 months now I am averaging 1 letter about 2 or 3 pages every other day. I also try to send cards and jokes also. On the weekends I will start a letter in the am and just add to it as the day passes letting him know what I am doing, how I am feeling and that sort of stuff. Kind of like a running commentary, so he can feel as though he is here with me.

I write mydaughter at least 2 times a week and we talk once a week. I write my boyfriend sometimes twicea day. He never recieved mail till I sent out a christmas card and said write if you like and it has been steady ever since. He has no family.

I write to my boyfriend once a day at the very least, each letter is about 6-14 pages, it makes me feel like I am talking to him, it makes me feel closer to him...god I miss him! :(

I write Jimmy every day but only send it out every other day. I send him information he asks for, articles, paper, envelopes, calanders, tape measures (cal & tapes are printed off the net) cards (I print up from the internet) stamps, pictures or anything I think he will like.
I used to buy him cards but it got expensive so now I do them up on the computer. He has asked me not to sign them anymore and is trading them for food and stuff :). He actually is making a little business for himself. I also try to make things colorful, smelly (good smelly :)) and texture if I can get away with it. I studdied the Florida Mail rules and anything I can legally get in, I do.
He has said that the other guys are getting a bit roudy about all the mail he is getting but he just loves it.
He gets USA Today and books.
I do what I can to make his time go a bit easier.
We will hopefully be speaking on the phone next month but he doesn't want me to visit. He says it's just too hard to watch me walk away. I would love to see him and feel his arms around me but I understand and so I don't go. But when he gets home, that will be an entire differnet ball of wax. :)

It's been daily here lately. With my penpals though, it's usually just weekly. I tend to play favorites. :p

I like to make sure that my guy gets at least one letter and/or card a day from me. :)

I write to my boyfriend every day and tell him about my day. I mail him the letters every few days. He loves getting my letters and he writes me once or twice a week. I'm always looking out waiting for the mailman to come with my letter.He calls me once a week.

I write Allen every day but only send it after getting a letter from him. We agreed to doing it this way so that he gets really long letters. Sent one today that was 30 pages of my writing plus stuff from internet, was a load to say the least. We usually get one letter a week from each other.

I write and mail so he gets a letter daily, with the exception of weekends, since there is no delivery. Most of the time, he gets several on Mondays. I laughed the other day because he said that's how the other guys know if mail has been passed out yet...they come see if Brandon got any!! His mom also writes, along with his pastor, his sister, and numerous family friends.

BG

I send Billy on the average 5 letters a day. He used to be shocked that I had that much to say then when I cut it down to 2 letters he freaked out. I can truly write about anything to him. We also look out at the stars every night so he keeps getting mail on Saturday an Sunday

Right now I write dailey. He has been in county since 8/19/03. And will be leaving 10/6 or 10/7. So my last letter to him will be 10/2. Until he gets where he is going.
Boy thats gonna be a hard wait, but im sure by the time he gets settled, I will have a book written.
I cannot get calls (block on phone) and I cannot visit for atleast a year, so Im sure the dailey thing will continue. So far I have written 18 letters, and he has wrote like 25.
My letters are usually longer though : )

I think right now we are at like 3-4 letters a week. It depends...sometimes we get to talking about something and it's like an everyday thing:D

I try to write everyday but I work 2nd shift & sometimes its hard to do everyday...

Definitely everyday or you better believe I'd never hear the end of it! Just kiddin, I just know how much he looks forward to that mail call and how much it means to him. I keep a letter up in a word document during work and write a little bit here and there...I also keep paper with me so I can write things down all during the day and night - just two or three words maybe for each thing I need to tell him - I find that I always think of things to say to my baby 24/7, but if it's not written down I usually forget half of it!!

I write Dave about 3 times a week. I have tried to send him cards, but they do allow him to have them.

I WROTE MY DAMEIN SO MUCH...WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GOT THE MOST MAIL...LOL...NO...REALLY...I WROTE EVERYDAY AND SENT CARDS EVERY WEEK AS WELL...HE LOVED IT CUZ THE OTHER INMATES WERE JEALOUS...HIS LETTERS ALWAYZ SMELLED GOOD!!! NOW---HE IS IN A HALFWAY HOUSE---I JUST THOUGH?!?ALL THIS LETTER WRITING WUZ DONE!!!:)

HEY---I'M BACK...I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND EVERYONE HERE FOR WRITING SO FAITHFULLY...I SERVED SOME TIME,MYSELF,AND MAIL REALLY IS SO VERY IMPORTANT AND TREASURED...IF YA DON'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE AN ENTIRE LETTER,SEND A CARD!!!:)

I write everyday and, his cellies are so jealous of him that they are always telling him...."Hey man you can't get all of the mail around here"...he's bunkie is the one that always gets excited until he sees the "U" instead of the "L"...(upper and, lower bunk)....So, one day i sent them both letters so, that they both received mail the same day....My handsome convict was so happy that i did that for his bunkie..he said they had quite a few laughs/smiles about the letter i sent his bunkie....*smiles*

I write about every day, as many have said before, it`s ALMOST like talking to him. But I send him letters once or twice a week. It gets kind of expensive for me to do it more often unfortunately.... Germany - USA

When he first went back I wrote 2 letters each day for almost 2 months. I even mailed him a letter before he thought I knew where he went and that made him feel so good.
It has been 5 months and I see him once week. I still try to write him a least one long letter a week. I also send him cards with a brief letter with it usually 2 times a week also. He hardly ever writes me back because he usually only has enough to say in our visits but I don't fret. He loves getting the mail!

I write my son one letter a week and I visit once a week also. I send my son a lot of photo's . He likes to "see" the things I write him about. He also likes to see things like the way our back yard looks when the weather changed, we live in the woods. He likes to see his dog...etc.. so He gets a whole bunch of pictures.:D

I write my brother each morning as I sip my coffee, before I get the kids off to school and run to work. Hard to carve lots of time, as I travel on business alot. But when I'm traveling I try to send a postcard instead.

I'm not as regular on the weekends tho. I know that he LIVES for the mail call each day.

Great ideas about magazines...i'll have to start sending those in too! I've been trying to send paperback books as much as possible, since he chew thru them so fast.

You folks have given me lots of great ideas..thanks.

I try to write my baby at least twice a week but my letters are either 10-12 pages long. I also send cards in between filled with pictures, poerty, or something from the internet. I send him books too. One time I wrote him an 18 page letter! All time record for the both of us. When he writes me he says" I am still answering your thesis by the way"! I miss him soooo much. I just pray that I will always have this energy to keep writing him cuz not at all do I eva want him to feel neglected by me.

I write my guy every day and sometimes twice a day. I think it important that he gets things from me every day. He often tells me that he has a hard time keeping up...lol Its all good. I love writing him and thats our time to spend together since i dont get to see him very often. Its great to see so many women/men supporting there special someone with letters.

Jenn

I normally write about 5 times a week. We have as much to talk about about since we have no calls or visits right now. But checking the mail is my favorite part of the day!!!!!!

I write daily and it is about 3 pages.
Mande

I make it a point to write at least two pages every morning to my husband. It's hard to think of a lot to say since we talk at least once a day, so I just tell him what I've been thinking about and what my worries are today. It's all the stuff I've always wanted to tell him, but just never did. At first, I didn't want to make him miserable telling him about all my worries and problems, but he said that he wants to know all of that too because it makes him feel like he's only out of town for a little while.

I write daily. i send them all togetther at the end of the week to save on postage.

Oh! yeah his homey must be noticing on his letters because, he asked him to hook him up with one of my friends *smile* I also, try to use bright and cool lookng paper & gel-pens, stickers ect he really enjoys that.

I have two guy friends that i'm writing to. It all depends on how i'm feeling, sometimes I get into a writing spree where I might write a five page letter then later on that night I may write again. It all depends.. But on the average probaly every 2 weeks. I wish my friends would write me more. I guess they don't have much to write about.

I write my sweetie all the time sometime three and four times a day espicially if something happens and I want him to know about it I tell him everything so he gets letters all the time. Since he has been in Shu they are playing games with his mail holding it instead of giving it to him daily like it comes.

I write my husband everyday. It helps keep him strong, as well as myself through our time apart. I have binders full of our letters and they are the most important part of me/us. Its the only thing of "true" value that I own. He is my best friend and my soulmate and we always have something to share with each other. I just thank God every day that he is alive and well and that in less than 14 months, he will be home, with me, never to be apart again for the rest of our lives!!

My husband is home now, but when he was in prison, I wrote him every day, at least 3 pages. I also made it a point to find interesting graphics to use to make the stationery interesting - usually tried to tie it in with what was said in the letter.

My husband wrote me daily when he was in county waiting to be extradited, when he was awaiting sentencing, and after he'd been transferred to CMCF awaiting parole release. When he was in the minimum security facility he had a job and tutored guys for their GED, so he didn't write nearly as often. . . but I was so glad that he had something interesting to occupy his time that I didn't mind (so much),

His letters to me from that time are among the most precious things I have!

I try to write to my fiance daily. I send him Bible readings, magazine articles, jokes, my poetry or other poetry I think he'd enjoy, I print email stories etc. that I receive from my friends to send to him as well. We write short, medium and long letters. I send cards, daily words of encourgement, just any print material think he'd enjoy. He writes me every day as well. It's been over 2 years for us. We visit weekly and talk about sll in our letters, just as if we were together at home. Remember I met him in prison so we have a lot more about each other to discover when he gets out. We are in the process of planning our wedding. We are positive about our future, and are not afraid to talk to each other about EVERYTHING and ANYTHING-happy and sad. We try to keep it real. We never run out of things to talk about. Our realtionship is not based on sex, and we know that that will be "the icing on the cake" for us and that we will lay down as friends and that will give our loving so much more depth. We can't wait! He stores my letters in date order, flat. I store his in bundles by the day and month in the evelopes. They bundles are tied with ribbon and placed in a large basket in my bedroom. They are more priceless than gold to me. We plan to read them to each as time goes by when he comes home. He gets lot more mail than most as well, and I always make sure they smell good, are on pretty paper and have some of my lip prints in pretty color lipstick. I even make stationary out of our pictures. Last year I made hand made Valentine coliage cards; three that took me about 15-18 hous to create. (We are past all the games the prison plays holding by holding mail. We know that we write every day. I date and put the time I mail all my lettets on the back lower left corner of the evelope along with a few words of love, and I always seal it with a kiss and tape over my kiss/lipstick so it will arrive unsmeared) I couldn't send the orginal Valentine cards because of the cut and paste involved, but I copied the cards and sent. He will enjoy the 3-d of the card when he comes home.

i really try to send vic a letter or cardeveryday.sometimes i send clippings from magizines or puzzlesor pages torn from a novel since he is not allowed any books or magizines where he is at.some letter may be only oneor two pages then the next one may be twenty pages.but letters is the only way we have to talk to each other.about our lives.plus it helps keep his sprit up and know i am still there for him.i know i dont want him to feel like i do on days i dont get letter from him.

After reading a letter by ko1 about how important the mail was, I picked up my pace from a couple of times a week to every day. I download info off the net, send cards, my bad bowling scores in league and long romantic letters. He is one happy camper since I started sending him so much stuff. He told me his new cellie didn't get any mail and had no one on the outside even though he's just a kid, so I started writing him too and posted him on PTO for a penpal. He is a much happier little chappie these days.

I write my guy a four page letter a day. some days he gets lucky he gets his letter, a card and/or magazine. He is in MCF in Indiana and I am in NY I'm really the only one who writes him - he looks for his letters. I know his bunkie wrote on the last letter he wrote me - too devoted this guy is really lucky. I want him to know not a day goes by that I don't think or miss him.

i write atleast one time a day and i draw him pictures and try to send atleast one card a week and i practically know every thing about my postman horrible huh?:) My husband also gets tons of mail

I write Sebastian at least 3 pages 5 times a week, depending on my mood, time of day etc they may be on the computer or handwritten (he has no preference). I also send a card or magazine or book you know something different each week seperate from the letters. I receive 2 or 3 letters weekly, 1 or 2 phone calls every other day and much love and gratitude from a very sweet man! (sigh)
Keep writing,
Patty

I write to Jake 3 times a day and then I will send him an envelope with jokes or articles everyday. Once a week I sned him money and in that package I send pictures of our baby that week and a card for everyday of the next week that he isn't suppose to open until the date that I put on it so I make sure that just in case mail runs slow he still has something to read everyday. Way too much time on my hands I guess.Naahhh I just love him and he deserves it.

I put my vote in for once a week but it is usually more when I am not in school. Finals end Thursday, so my numbers should go up soon.

I write as much as i possibley can usually it is everyday like 5 to 8 pages. Sometimes it is less like 2 or 3 pages but i try to send one every day or a postcard or pics or jokes something that will know that i mentally support him and need him and that he knows i am here waiting. He loves to hear from me and when i get a letter from him i answer all his questions and add stuff that i want him to know. I talk to him about everything and really don't have or want to talk to neone else about everything so he gets to hear it all. I try to write b4 i got to bed and when i get up in the mornings but with fulltime college and work sometimes i don't get a letter wrote or i don't get by the post office b4 it runs. He knows i am here and i love him with all my heart. I only have like 8 wks left till i have his baby!

I write my fiancee every day, well I try to write everyday and then mail it out weekly so he gets all my letters at once, I also send cards and poems when I get the feeling,so Im sure he gets enough mail

I write my fiancee everyday and he writes me everyday. That is the only thing that keeps us going from week to week. I keep him posted on his two children that live in the same town as I do. We have known each other all our lives, grew up together but we lived totally different lives. I had always wondered where he was. Then I ran into his sister in law and she broke down and told me and asked me to write him. We have been in contact for almost two years, nov. 16th he asked me to marry him and I said yes. His cellie tells him he gets to much mail. I didn't think you could every recieve to much mail especially coming from the one you love and want to spend the rest of your life with. We have 3 more years of this but we are hoping for early release.

I personally, write often. I never get to finish them, or mail them before I talk to JP on the phone. It is kind of nerve wracking, but sometimes when we talk he is so focused on staying alive and healthy that he doesn't "catch" what I say. He cathes it when it is in print.

The other problem I have is running out of things to say. I will tell him the same things over and over again. Then again, I don't really think that right now he gets tired of hearing them.

Either way, I love him and I am waiting on my application to go through to I can see him. Oh, I have gone and visited him. (with plexi-glass as a buffer) I want to touch the man!!!!!!!!!

I just want to say, that this site has helped me.

Thanks to all of you for the support you are giving.

May God Bless!!!

Susan

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I usually write my guy every day, sometimes the letters are long, sometimes short. I always include Internet jokes, inspirational pages or articles or whatever might brighten his days, as well. Toward the weekend, I slack off because I know they, of course, don't get mail on Sat. and Sun. Once he has been at a facility for a while, the mail room "Censors" seem to trust me more and must only quickly scan his stuff, because it goes through much faster. We only talk on the phone once a week, so what I write about is my day. I usually write before I go to bed and tell him the same things I would as if we were sitting together in the family room reading or watching TV. I am a firm believer that keeping their vision focused on our every day lives is essential. He doesn't write as often - no surprise - as someone said earlier, they don't have a whole lot of variety to talk about. But, I know he anticipates my letters, even with the embarrassing little pictures and stuff I put on the envelopes.

Catlady

I write to my husband at least once a day!! I send him drawings and letters from the kids at least once a week and photo of all of us at least twice a month. And cards as much as I can afford to. He is spoiled and so am I. It eases his mind to get mail everyday and to know his girls are all safe and missing and loving him.

Rebecca

When he first went in I would write just about every day. That would be on top of his daily calls which I accepted. When he was transferred off island less than a year after he was incarcerated I wrote him about 3-4 times a week, sometimes twice in a day depending on how lonely I was for him. During that period our letters to each other were all we had because I could only go up and visit him about once a year and where I was staying I couldn't accept collect calls.

But that changed when he came back on-island this April. I've had my own place for over a year now and of course accepted his phone calls again. And when he first came home, I still wrote about 2-3 times a week. But now that he's in the stepdown facility he's lucky if he gets a letter every two weeks from me. But I see him every weekend, we have couples counselling every other week outside of the facility and soon he gets his furlough and then my life as a no-risk celibate will be at an END. ALSO I have finally broken down and got a cell phone and only HE has the number to call me, anytime he likes!

i used to write everyday...which isnt easy with a 2 yr old!! we werent able to call on the phone bc i had just moved to new york, and he had the WRONG number, so all i had was letters. so after 3 mths he finally wrote me telling me he was going to put my name and number on his "list" he had 2 numbers mixed up!!!!

I've been workin' like crazy lately! So..I try to write a couple times a week, and we get phone calls..he's actually callin' at 9 a.m...6 hours or so!..Why am I up???????

Originally posted by BSS
Hi I am a busy little mama, I write four inmates at Pelican Bay including my son Richard. I also send out greeting cards for inmates to use all over the US. The postman thinks I'm nuts LOL. Barbara


LOL! Well, you aren't nuts. :)

Originally posted by danielle
I was just curious - how much mail do you send to your loved ones behind bars?

My husband says he gets more mail than anybody where he is (there's 400 guys there) - that it is very rare for him not to get something in the mail, even if it's a magazine.

Well, I write my cousin about 2 times a week. He loves it when I continuously send him mail like that, he mentioned to me that it makes him feel as if he's still connected to the outside world.

His brother hasn't sent him anything and he's been incarcerated for 5 years.

I write my husband everyday, sometimes when I mail it early, I start another one in the evening..I also send him cards and buy him books every other week from barnes and nobles..and he always says " if he don't get mail..no one else has it either" I guess that's his way if sayin..he gets the most!!

i send letters everyday to my girl, well ex girl, she now in vswp in chowchilla ,ca. And send her books every months. But she clams that she dont get any of my letters or books so i let her go!! But at the time i sent her letters everyday

I write my husaband every other day if not busy.I get letters from him everyday or sometimes every other day just depends on how many envelopes he has left.


Billie

Yesterday my husband and I took a 2 hour road trip and the conversation was ...well, absent. I got to thinking about the letters we used to write back and forth. What the heck did we talk about! :)

Maybe we need to go back to letters! ;)

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Sometimes, when you are together, conversation isn't necessary. Besides a lot of the things you wrote about you have probably interacted about every day. The comfort and silence and peace between you can speak volumes. That is what is important.

Catlady

Iwrite everyday and mail on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

I usually write my man one or twice a day, seven days a week and send him lots and lots of cards. He gets the most mail in his unit :-)

Last time Matthew was locked up..i sent him atleast 3 things a day. (yeah i know,lotsa postage) Most of the time 1 letter,1card and one manilla envelope with pics and what not in it. All in different envelopes. He prided himself on being the only one locked up getting SO much mail..he loved it..the CO's even commented on it. They used to measure it too..i'd send anything and everything that was aloud..i even got the stickers i put on the letters passed threw. :D Now..that his bail is $100,000, and i can't possibly bail him out for the 5th time..i write him everyday and send it out every other day. He writes me atleast once a week,sometimes two. My letters are a minimum of 6 pages long,front and back,..if it's not that long i don't feel right sending it out,cuz it's not an "Angel letter".. His letters are 1-2 pages,front and back..im the writer he's the talker.. I as well as JoJo71 was locked up for a lil while and she is totally right about how important that mail is. That is basically THE only thing they have to look forward too, and when they don't know it's coming it's the best surprise to see a letter there waiting or hearing your named called at mail-call. k..i vented..time to click "Submit Reply" lol

~*Angel*~

I write my baby 4 letter pages, 2 or 3 times a week. I loves knowing what's going on in my life.

I write my baby 4 letter pages, 2 or 3 times a week. He loves knowing what's going on in my life.

I write every day too, sometimes continuing the letter as the day goes by and writing the last part in the evening before I mail it. He depends on my letters and says he feels lost without them. I get one from him twice a week and I love them.

ive been writing my guy almost every nite, and mailing everyday...it does help me. I know he loves to get it. I run to the mailbox everyday. It means alot to me.

I go through 56 stamps a week so... I try to write my son, every other day-the rest is other inmates. I have over 30 other people I write to on a regular basis.

I just sent one out today that was 35 pages long.... Pictures, information on parolee release information. (employment,education). My life and of course some funny joke's....Wonder if the stickers will get bye... I didn't know that I wasn't able to put them on....ooops.. wonder if they will be sent back or what happens????

Witty

I also write daily, he told me that if he cant talk to me that is the next best thing. Now him he writes only when they are on a lockdown he said he talks to me all the time so he dont have much to say. I send him letters and card all the time I just send in a Annivery card and a Valentines card and he got them already. I guess the mail is now faster for those who are moving from Lancaster.

i write to my baby every single day , i feel like he was a part of day that way

I write my man everyday my shorest letter was 4 pages but they usually are 6-10 pages long. I mail them everyday to him. We don't get to see each other cause he is in Graham R&C and we don't know if i get to see him when he gets to the boot camp.

Oh I am feeling frustrated! I would write my husband every day if he wanted me to. We have been writing 3 times a week for 5 years but now he is getting out in just 2 months and he doesn't want to write letters anymore! He said he is tired of it. I really miss the letters as we don't have visits. So all we have is 3 phone calls a week now. My phone bill last month was nearly $400 -that's killing me. I feel like we need to communicate now just as much as before and I am one who likes to write my feelings down. He, obviously, is not. So I think he is being really selfish right now. I know he has his mind on getting out, and he is so worried that something is going to happen to prevent that, though I highly doubt it as he is maxing out. So unless he does something really stupid I can't see how he's not going to make it. But I guess it looks different from his point of view. Sometimes he really p**es me off y'know, like about this letter thing. I just re-read my post and it sounds like I need to have a talk with him about this. But then on the other hand I don't want to add more to his stress level so maybe I shouldn't DEMAND that we write each other again. What do you guys think? :confused:

I send my man mail at least once a day because we dont have phone calls or visits yet.

My dearest is in Az DR, I am in Europe.
First we wrote 1 or two letters per week, then after a couple of weeks we went over to write 3-4 letters a week.
Mine are typed - from 4-8 pages each. His letter are handwritten and 8-16 pages. He answers every letter of me ´within 24 hours and so do I. I write normally every day of the week and then when a letter comes in, I answer it and up and away into the mail.
If the postage from here wasn't so fucking pricey, I would send more. I pay 2.20 - 5 $ postage for one letter. So this is not really cheap :-(.

A day without writing is like a coffee with no taste. I feel close to him when I write.

I write and send daily, sometimes I write more than once a day, imagine how much time people think i have on my hands. LOL. I'm not sure hif he gets mroe mail than everyone else.

I write to Ricky at least once a day, and I send him little things that I think he will like and the kids send him pictures that they have colored too. He says that he gets the MOST mail at the facility, I find that hard to believe but I usually get at least 10 or more letters a week from him. He is doing all that he can to show me that there isn't a minute that goes by that he isn't thinking of me, that is one of the reasons that I love him so much...he always puts me before everything else.

I have 2 sons in prisons...I try and write a 2 or 3 page letter to each of them and send them a card ....I talkto them a couple of times a week so that helps with some comunication during the week....I'm lucky enough to be able to do that....Pam...Matt & Shanes Mom

I send Joe a letter 5 days a week.If for some reason he don't get a letter one day the first thing he tells me is I didn't get a letter on such day.He is so spoiled.But I love writing him every day as it feels as if I can actualy talk to him without talking to him.

Wow, some of you are making me feel guilty! Those who write once a day or more, I applaud you! I write at least 3 times a week. Some days it's every day, and occasionally, when I am extra busy, it gets down to once a week. For the most part he does get more mail then most, because I also send him cards and postcards in between. I find that if I type the letters on the computer instead of writing them by hand I can write much more. And then I am also able to cut and past articles, jokes, etc. from the internet. But I do go see him once a month so that really helps also!

But I work full-time, go to school part time and our son is in two sports right now. So through all that I manage to write 3 times, while he on the other hand writes only once a week! How is that fair...haha!

I write my husband at least 2 letters a day. One is in the morning and the other at night, letting him know what I did that day.

i write every day but i only sent mail out once a week. florida doc only allows five typewritten pages at a crack-- and he gets between 3-5 envelopes a weeks. it all depends on how i'm feeling.

He gets alot. 8 pieces of mail 4 one day and 4 another. I usally send him cards and spray some perfume on it.

I write my man back every time I get a letter from him. I used to write every day or every other day, but I run out of things to say and end up rambling for pages. lol Every letter I send to him is at least 3-4 pages front and back. I should write him more often. :)

I usually write my man at least once a day, sometimes more. Unless I start getting depressed because I haven't got a letter from him, then I get an attitude sometimes and don't write until I get one from him. I'm finding out though that he is doing the same with me. Sometimes it takes forever for him to get my letters even though I am writing all the time and he is thinking I forgot about him then he will finally get my letter so he will write and stay writing until it happens again.

I write Randy twice a day usually, if not twice a day, at least once a day, he does the same as well, but here lately the mail has been so slow so we don't get them till a couple days after we mailed out the letters.

My Fiance (Magic) and I write each other daily - it really means a lot to get those letters..... :fb:

i write bebe at least one time a day usually 2-5 pages , i send him song lyrics i like or horoscopes poems i color precious moments for him and sponge bob send cute card! anything cutie

I love sending things also and he appreciates it so much. Jokes, news articles, lots of pictures, correspondence tapes, etc. It's what keeps us close during this time apart.....

I wish I had more time to write my boys...I have two sons in prison so I send each one a card and a letter each week....that way they get 2 a week from me and their Dad....Pam....Matt & Shanes Mom :cool:

I write about every other day. the last two weeks I was in a rut and didn't send but one letter. I sit down at work and keep word open periodically typing as if I was calling her. Everytime I have something to say I write it down. By the end of the day, I have a nice letter to send out.

I usually write my baby a letter at least once a day, but the last two weeks or so, I have been upset and stressed out and just didn't find the time to write him. I haven't gone to see him in about 3 weeks, and he's only 30 minutes away from me. :( I know that I should, but i just can't. His mom went and seen him last weekend, and promised him I would be there this weekend, so I am for sure going now. I'm excited though. I haven't seen him in a long time. :fb:

Of course, I always answer his letters, but it takes like two weeks for me to get an answer on a letter I sent to him, sometimes I really hate the postal system! I'm a pretty busy person (usually I only get to come to PTO while I'm at work, like right now!) so I right to him when I have the chance. When I'm at the store and I see I card I can't pass up, I pick it up and send it out to him.

This morning while at work (yeah, I know I'm not getting paid to write my baby, but I had a free moment) I wrote him and told him a few things I'd forgotten in my last letter. The letter was about 10 pages so I don't know how I managed to leave anything out. Guess I have a big mouth! LOL

usually at least one a day but lately it's been one every other day

I write my sweetie daily and send cards in addition two or three times a week. He writes me daily also. We talk on the phone at least once a week. He has a large scattered family so I have to share phone minutes. Sometimes he calls twice a week if he has extra minutes.

I send a book of stamps worth of letters every single week. Usually about 3 letters per day, sometimes more, sometimes less.
My husband is 2000 miles away from me, and I haven't seen him since October, of 2003, so writing is mostly all we have because the phone calls are 20.00 for 15 minutes, and that averages out to about 600.00 per month if he calls every day.
So, I write alot!!!!
Michael has said that he is just about the only one in H Unit, in San Quentin, that gets that much mail. Even the CO's are shocked about how much mail he gets... I guess after 9 years.. he is worth it... hehehe
He sure is!!!!
23 days to go, until my heart will smile again.....
Can't wait:) :) :) :) :) :)

i send at least 1 to 2 letters a day or more... and then i send photos of the boys, jokes and interesting articles. the day after we returned from our vacation, I sent out 7 envalopes: 2 letters, 2 cards w/letters and 3 with photos from the vacation. I like to send many envalopes cause I think he likes to open them. He has been receiving mail since the begining of Feb and has more letters then anyone there. One guy has been there 8 months and he has more then him. That's sad. Some guys get no mail at all and they like to read the jokes and cards that I send to my hubby.

I send a letter everyday and also visit him every weekend...Sat & Sun. for 6 hrs each. He also gets magazines...I believe I subscribed to atleast 5 magazines this year alone...I love him though...he gets peoms...email jokes...he sends me a list of exotic cars or typical cars he has seen on TV so I send him print-out off the internet of them. He gets pictures ect. I TOO AM THE ONE THAT SEND HIM ALOT OF MAIL...HE GETS THE MOST HE SAYS...EVERYONE SAYS HE'S SO LUCKY TO HAVE ME...I KNOW HE IS!!! ((((SMILE))))

MSHOUSE

Oh i have to send at least one letter a day! no matter what.. James is going throu a really hard time right now.. Arizona moved him to Oklahoma!! and lied about everything! I finally got a letter from him last night.. man he was SOO MAD!!! not at me.. but at the situation!! anyways.. please keep him in your prayers!!!!

thanks for listening

I write Kevin everyday...plus send song lyrics/poems/cards/pictures...etc! All of my letters are inbetween 6-15 pages. He writes me everyday (or every other day). He said some of his boys come around to see what all he got that day...I also wrote his (old) cellie...he never got mail and so I would write him a short, simple "hello" note and I just always put it in with Kevin's (to save stamps)...but now Kevin's homeboy is his cellie and he gets enough mail from his "wife" (my girl)...I still write Kevin's old cellie ever now and then and put it in with Kevin's and he just gives it to him for me! But...I write him AT LEAST one letter a day!!! :love:
Selena

I write everyday and send things i find on the internet or out of magazines. My boyfriend gets a letter or card pretty much every day of the week, sometimes even two in one day. He also says that he gets more mail then most people.

:) I try and send mail at least once a day. I send pictures off the internet from my digital camera. take pictures all the time to send to him. I takes him away from there(prison) mentally.I also put lip stick on and then press my lips to the letter. He always gets a kick out of that.:thumbsup:

I Write Daily. It's The Only Way I Can Share With Him And I Miss Him Sooooooo Much. Visits Are Only 1x A Week And Only 2 Hours At That.

i write my husband very often helps with the stress we're both dealing with

daily for me we are corresponding more and more through our communication

I write my hubby everyday and we talk everyday also but now that he is back in the hole he gets a letter everyday and all I make sure he gets one to cheer him up while his home away from home in the Hole is good with reading my sweet letters. But if I dont write everyday its once every other day

:heart: I write my hubby all day too... whenever I want to talk to him and tell him something. He calls me and tells me that he looks forward to getting mail everynight and that he hates Sundays and Holidays because that means he won't be getting a letter from me. I send him letters, pictures, and lots of jokes to cheer him up. His cellies are always jealous because he gets so much mail. A CO even tried to confiscate the new photos I sent him because they said he already had too many in his cell, so my baby kept his favorites and then he gave the rest to the CO to put on his property so he could get the new ones.:blah: I love getting mail from him because he always does envelope art for me. :p It makes waiting a few days for a letter worth the wait.

I write to my son everyday except Sundays and holidays. I also send him pictures and jokes to help keep his spirits up. I get to visit him once a month because he is 132 miles from me and I am totally disabled. The trip is harder on me than he knows and I will never let him know.

Too Much!!! At Least Twice A Day

I also write Michael every single day where he is the guys compete and he says " Babe when it comes to mail i'm " THE BIG DAWG " ha ha I think its important to write often he says its all he looks forward to and HATES sundays

You all really insipre me to write more. I write my honey about 4 times a week. My letters usually average 10 pages typed. I babble alot. :)

I write my Reecey every other day but we also are lucky to be able to speak approx. 3 times a day on the telephone!

I send him 7 a week! I try to send letters every day but when I get busy I just send a card. I get about 6 or 7 letters from him a week also! I send him poems, lyrics, jokes, funny pics, and just long letters telling him of everything that goes on in my life!

I write everyday and send one out every other or every couple days and I send stuff in between my letters too.

I try to write every day. Sometimes I cant get to the post office so he ends up getting 2 or even 3 letters at once. He said he didnt like that, he would rather have them everyday! Then Ive been spraying my parfume on his letters and he loved it, he said it made him feel like I was beside him. :love:

SCOTT SAYS THAT HE IS THE KING OF MAIL CAUSE OF ME AND HE LOVES IT THAT WAY! HE SAYS THAT YOU CAN SMELL MY LETTERS DOWN HIS RUN AND HE IS THE DAWG!!! SOMETIMES I WILL SEND OUT UP TO 4 PIECES OF MAIL A DAY , MOSTLY 1 OR 2 DAILY AND SOMETIMES UP TO 3 OR 4 ARE IN THE MAILBOX WAITING TO GO OUT MONDAY MORNING. HE WRITES ME ABOUT 3 A WEEK BUT THERE ARE 3 IN EACH ENVELOPE. SO THAT MAKES 9?:D :thumbsup:

Lot's & Lots! The mail room knows me real good ;) ... I write him once a day sometimes more*smile* my longest letter was 35 pages in one seting :p

I send out atleast one letter or card a day!! But lately I have been in a down mood and I write like 5 times a week! But usually everyday I send out something!! I love him soo much and he deserves it!! Hugs:p
-Jackie