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Phone issues again…(insert eye roll here) By Gigi Taylor 4 words a prison wife never wants to hear…”I can’t call you.” For whatever reason behind it, be the phone isn’t

Interview with a Death Row Wife… I know it’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted, so I figured with Mardi Gras break here in New Orleans, now would be

Words on a Canvas  It’s hard for a “free folks” (as our loved ones like to call them) to understand the prison wife world. Why we wait? What is life

C Choices and False Positives By GiGi Taylor Since today is International Women’s Day, and it’s been a hot minute since I’ve been on to write, I thought I would

A run-on sentence By Gigi Taylor Another year, 2018. As we start the new year, we often think about choices: What choices we’ve made in the past year, and what

Breathe. Meditate. Pray. Repeat if Necessary By Gigi Taylor “I am all alone.” This was one of the millions of thoughts I went to bed with as I slipped my

A little faith… By Gigi Taylor Christmas. Yep, it’s one tough day to spend without your other half. You can ask anyone who’s had a loved one away from them

My Mountain by Gigi Taylor “You have been assigned this mountain to show others it can be moved.” That is a quote my dear PW (Prison Wife) bestie, soul sister,

Lifer Wife Mode By Gigi Taylor Up and down, up and down…this seems to be the roller coaster of emotions I am facing this week. Right now, all I can

Cages By Gigi Taylor Today I woke up early and headed out to visit. Angola is very different than other prisons because it is  a working farm and is spread

Anxiety and Flow By Gigi Taylor Having anxiety is a battle in and of itself. Now add being a prison wife into the mix. It’s like a double whammy. How

“Mom, I’m Marring a man in prison.” By JoJo Matthews I recently told my mom that I am marrying Joey. She knows that he is locked up, she used to

Difficult Decisions Difficult decisions                                                             Published JoJo Mathews Don’t worry this isn’t a blog where I say I am leaving my loved one ok maybe I’m leaving him but not

Since February Since February Published by: JoJo Matthews My last blog was February 1st and after re-reading it and seeing how much hope I had. Well 4 short days later

Hello February!! Published by: JoJo Matthews A brand new month, a clean slate. If things have not been going your way today is the day to shake it off and

Being silly is good for the soul Published by: JoJo MatthewsOne of the the big things I love about Joey is that I’m able to be myself 100% and know

My words to you for 2017 Published by: JoJo Matthews Loves today is a brand new day to a brand new year let’s all make the most of it. Times

Lifer sister Published by: Admin JoJo Matthews If any of you have read my story not only am I a lifer wife I’m a lifer sister. My brother was locked

Yep…forever…for Life….a lifer’s wife Published by: JoJo Matthews She meant well I’m sure but nevertheless I was hurt, pieces of my heart stepped on again. I didn’t just hurt for

Jealousy and it’s ugliness Published by: Admin JoJo Matthews Jealousy, what an ugly emotion and an ugly definition of a word. Dictionary.com defines the word as follows: feeling resentment against

The sad truth Published by: JoJo Matthews I follow Flikshop on Facebook. For anyone that doesn’t know what Flikshop is it’s an app that you can download on your phone.

A fine rose Published by: JoJo Matthews So I have been trying to write this blog for a couple of days now but my computer likes to do it’s own

Emotional Published by: Admin JoJo Matthews Yesterday was a very emotional day for me I finally got to see my love after 40 days. He was on 30 day loss

Know your worth Published by: JoJo Matthews I had to take a couple of days to calm down a little bit before writing this blog. I am learning on this

Patience Published by: JoJo Matthews This blog isn’t meant to make you feel better rather inform you. I have been reading a lot of posts lately here and on Facebook