1995 I went into Central Juvenile Hall to teach creative writimg to young people facing life sentences. Nobody thought it was cool in those days, before all the socialites and Hollywood types got involved, in fact most people thought I was naive and stupid and that it was pointless. My husband thought this and he divorced me...long story. You have to be true to your own spirit. Live life to the fullest, learn all you can from every situation. What I learned from those youth, especially my first group of HRO girls (High Risk Offenders) was beyond anything I could have imagined. I am forever grateful to them. And now here I am in Egypt teaching girls to box and kick box. The girls in jail always wanted me to teach them but I wasn't allowed. Hmm life has a way of taking you all the way around the lake, up and down the mountain, through the valley until loe and behold, you find yourself back where you started, only with a lot more wisdom and a whole new perspective. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-13-me-jvwrite13-story.html
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