I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I'm Stephanie and my husband Anthony is finishing up a two year sentence here in Mississippi. Hopefully, God willing and the creek don't rise, he will be home on the 13th of May. This has been a long and lonely road and i'm glad it's almost over. I look forward to getting to know ya'll!!
Stephanie

Just wanted to make a formal introduction. I'm Stephanie and my husband is finishing up a two year sentence here in Mississippi. We have done 14 months and hopefullly he will be home in 20 days. It has been a long haul for the both of us and i'm beginning to think that the time before he actually gets home is just as hard as the time right after he left. We are both a bundle of nerves. This is his 2nd stint and God willing his last. Thank God, I wasn't around for the first one, he was down 4 years that time. I am also the Co-Owner of another online support forum and figure that this is something that I will always be involved in. I think that once you've been through this it is not something that you can ever just walk away from, or at least not for me. I look forward to getting to know ya'll.

Hi Stephanie, let me be the first to welcome you here. It must be nice to know that your husband is coming home in only 20 days, but it must also be nerve wrecking? Anyway, I'm sure you'll find a lot of support here, the people on here are just lovely. Hope to learn more about you soon!

Wanted to add my Welcome too. My husband has just started a 2 year sentence in Texas-but he has to do the full 2 :(-doewsnt sound like such a long time but 2 months would hae been enough!! Well , I know you are going to find some wonderful people and comforting advice as well here....welcome!

Hi Stephanie -

Welcome! I too am from Mississippi but my husband is serving time in Alabama. He will also be home soon, so I understand that aspect of being frayed. I keep asking myself has he changed? Have I changed? And a million other questions. Anyway, congratulations on you husbands upcoming release! I'm glad you're here and once again - welcome.

Hi Stephanie:

Welcome to PTO.... You will find a great deal of support on this forum both now and when you husband comes home. I think sometimes that is as hard as having them in prison because there is so much re-adjustment they have to make to society.


God Bless and Keep you and your husband and I hope things will be great for you.

Donna

Just want to extend another "welcome" and say thanks for joining us... Hope we can be of support to you as your hubby comes home and readjusts.. and I am sure you will be able to help some of us by sharing your experiences... I look forward to hearing more from you!! :)

Thank you all so much for the warm welcome. It's always nice to know that we are not alone. The closer it gets to Anthonys homecoming the more life seems to be falling apart. But, this too shall pass and once he is home things will be easier to deal with, even with the readjustment period. Or at least I hope so. I will just be happy not to have to go through everything alone!!

Stephanie - WELCOME!!!! Glad to see you here .

Tracy

Just another welcome, Glad to have ya here too.
Michelle

hi stephanie, my name is lulu and i am new myself, i am trying to learn how to work this thing,, feel free to email me anytime or untill i can get thew hang of this thing, :)


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Welcome I too an married to an Anthony :) Congrats on the upcoming release and I will be praying for a smooth transistion. My husband has already been down for 3 yrs and he is coming up for parole later this year so I am praying that he will be home by christmas this year. Other wise it is another 2 years.. :(

hey lulu welcome and we will all help you. I am in texas too.

Just want to extend a welcome to PTO to BOTH Anthony's wife and Lulu.... it's always great to grow in numbers... we can all use all the support and understanding we can get!!

hi, and thanks for the warm welcome. i will learn this thing yet. :)
let me tell youn a little about myself. my name is lulu, and i have been doing prsion work for 3 years ow. i am the founder of new beginings prsion minisrty. i am aslo a counselor as well. i aslo have 2 wonderful children andi aslo have a man in the Tx prsion system. he finilly gets out Jan 2003...yahhoooooo.. he has done 7 years flat this month,
well thank again for the warm welcome
lulu

STEPHANIE-GLAD YOU ARE HERE AND SURE HOPE ANTHONY GETS HOME SOON-I WAS BORN IN BILOXI, MISS BUT HAVE NOT BEEN BACK THERE SINCE I WAS A BABY-GLAD YOU HAVE JOINED US AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU BETTER

TAKE CARE

SHERRI

Congrads on is upcoming 'homecoming'. You only have a couple of days left until he gets home so get ready to call in to work for a couple of days. ;-)
I envy you!

b thanks, it has been ruff but pull through,, thanks alot
lulu

STEPH AND ANTHONY-WELCOME!!!! GLAD YOU ARE HERE! AND CONGRATS ON THE UPCOMING RELEASE!!! I ENVY U!!!! HAVE A GREAT HOMECOMING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU BOTH!!!

LULU- WELCOME!!! GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US!!!

ANthonyswife--welcome to PTO ...congrats on your hubby's upcoming release...you are very lucky and I wish you both the best!

lulu-welcome too! I am also in TExas and my husband is in the TExas system as well..I would love more info on your prison ministry...:)

hi, and thanks for the great welcome. my man is in darrington unit, where is your man,? well about my ministry, i have been doing this for almost 4 years now, i am a counselor and we do at times counsel those behind the walls, we aslo try to counsel the family members of those on the out side. we correspond with them as well. we also try to get those that is left with no family to get them to prelease progrmas. we are also working ona program for the youngeester on the out side. what we are trying to do is get like a group together for those young ones that are already on probation and fixing to sent to prsion, we are still working on the details with that, again thanks for the warm welcome,
lulu

LU LU AND ANTHONY'S WIFE.....

A GREAT BIG WELCOME... GLAD YOU ARE HERE. YOU WILL GIVE US A LOT OF INSITE.... WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL, INTELLIGENT, AND INSITEFUL MEMBERS.... IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO ME AND I KNOW IT WILL FOR YOU TOO.

WELCOME AGAIN

DONNA

thank you donna. that is very kind of you. there is some really great people here on this site. thanks again
lulu

a belated welcome from me Stephanie

Hello to you both. Sorry I'm always so late. WOW, just a few more days, you have got to be beside yourself, I know I can't wait for that day to come.
Good Luck and God Bless!!!!

your husband should be home now right? care to share a little about how things are going?

Wow.. Please forgive me for missing this intro. Welcome to both of you! Hope belateds still count! :)

David

just wanted to see how you were doing

Yes, welcome to you both! Sorry I missed this also!

Hi Stephanie welcome! Glad to hear that it's almost over!