Setting healthy boundaries and making the right decision in stressful situations in everyday life is very important when communicating with people about your feelings and/or intentions. I practice a healthy expression of feelings of emotion every day to make sure I'm accountable for my actions.

This is my first time in prison, and I'm determined to make this my last and return to being a productive member of society. While in prison, everything and everyone outside grows without you. I'm interested in making positive connections with new friends. Growing in the right direction is essential to me for my future. I love my kids, and I miss them very much, and at times, it’s tough to be an active parent from inside prison. I've lost a lot of life coming to prison, from family members' deaths to relationships with loved ones, the firsts of cheerleading and baseball, and multiple growth and birth experiences.

Tattoos: I have lips on my collarbone, and a portrait of one of my sons starts at the top of my right shoulder. Below the portrait are some colored stars and my son's first and middle name spelled in colored baby blocks. A survey of corrections officers, including my employment supervisor, described me as dependable, polite, kind, caring, insightful, hardworking, honest, and approachable. These people watch me in action every day as I become a better person. This person I've become is not the person who came to prison over six years ago when I argued with my roommate over a bicycle. When my roommates' friends got upset, they tried to confront me with a knife in the parking lot of the apartment, when I tried to get away from them, one of them wanted to run me over with his car, I then fired shots into the engine and windshield. We all knew each other, and I'm so grateful that nobody was seriously injured. I spent my late teens and all of my twenties starting a family, working, getting married, and then getting divorced. I experienced a lot of life lessons, but nothing would have prepared me for this time in prison. I'm a better person today than ever, and I would love to know what else I don't know.

I've worked in all types of construction from a young age and have built years of experience specializing in electrical and low-voltage communication installation. I love working on and operating anything with an engine, two wheels or four, manual or automatic. Riding, driving, working, or hauling don't matter; I love hands-on work or play on water or land. :)

You can view my program certificates at www.edovo.org/transcripts. Use code# DSU-722-XFU

Music is a healthy expression of emotion for me as time is spent thinking about life lessons and how to better my future by feeling everything that might hurt, learning from the pain, and better understanding a healthy expression of that pain into joy.
Here are some songs I listen to and enjoy: Max- Edie CELINE: Ed Sheeran-Photograph: Camilla Cabello-Consequences: Nate Smith-Better Boy: Scotty McCreery-Five More Minutes: Mitchell Tenpenny-Truth About You: Post Malone- I had some help: Gabby Barrett- Growing up raising you: Niall Horan-Slow Hands: Jordan Davis-Part of it: Brett Young-Catch: Cody Johnson-Human.

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Best Regards:
Chester Iodence