Life Updates – Page 2

A Year with Hearing Aids

👂 It’s been a little over a year since I welcomed hearing aids into my life. 👂

Living with Ménière’s disease has its challenges, some days are tough, navigating through the ups and downs of vertigo and fluctuating hearing loss…

Every day, these tiny devices remind me of my disability but also my strength and adaptability. I want them to become symbols of empowerment and perseverance. DeafMetalUSA jewelry is perfect for that! You’re definitely rocking your hearing aids when you wear their stylish earrings!

To everyone out there facing similar challenges, know that you’re not alone. Let’s continue to support each other, celebrate our victories, and embrace our journeys with courage and grace.

Categories: Life Updates

Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a Happy New Year filled with hope, love, and endless possibilities! As we step into 2024, I’m grateful for the support from this incredible community. I am not the best at posting but I appreciate you being here, whether silently or not, while I’m sharing my journey navigating immigration in the USA, as a prison wife, and exploring crafts, books, and myself. I’m excited to continue sharing this rollercoaster of life with you all. May this year bring joy, strength, and positive changes to all of us.

Categories: Life Updates

Hondelatte raconte

Our story was featured in the french radio show “Hondelatte raconte”.
You can still listen here:
the story
the debrief (my interview)

Thank you to those who listened to my story (+ the debrief) and the 2 following stories the next days – also coming from the “L’aimé meurtrier” – with an open mind and who understood that no, it’s not hybristophilia, but love that we fell on us!
I see that it remains difficult to eliminate clichés and that many do not understand that one can write to prisoners with the aim of rehabilitation, out of simple altruism, or in a spirit of activism. I also created my own prison pen pal program with a friend (WireOfHope), and I continue to have pen pals today (no, no, I’m not looking for another husband, I assure you). Too bad that more than 20 years of correspondence and a real love story (more than 8 years) are not enough for some to question their preconceived ideas!
But thank you to all the others and for the messages of support that assert my desire not to live hidden or ashamed.

If you are interested in prison correspondence, visit Wire of Hope.
If you have a loved one in prison, check Pentionery.

Categories: Books, Life Updates

L’aimé meurtrier

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Aujourd’hui, aux éditions du rocher, sort “L’aimé meurtrier” de Marine Mazeas. Un livre qui raconte des histoires de femmes qui ont eu une histoire d’amour avec une personne incarcérée, envers et contre tout/tous, dont la mienne. La militante anti peine de mort et son correspondant condamné.

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Today, at éditions du rocher, is released “L’aimé meurtrier” by Marine Mazeas. A book that tells stories of women who have had a love story with an incarcerated person, against all odds, including mine. The anti death penalty activist and her condemned pen pal.

We worked on this book for over a year and it also tells the story of 7 other women.
It was interesting to see the different journeys, including those that end “badly”, because that’s the reality too. Sometimes we are wrong, and other times it only works for a while, and it does not take away the good times that were shared. I appreciated seeing that almost all of them went through a long period of questioning and I hope this will help to change the misconceptions about prisoners’ wives. I can’t wait to see how the book is received.

Categories: Cards, Life Updates, Stationery, Stickers

Pentionery

I’ve been busy! I realized it was confusing to talk so much about prison while trying to promote Sweet Undertone as this is a general stationery shop. After someone stole one of my card designs I decided to go full-in and to create a sister-shop, Pentionery, dedicated to Prison Wives. This way, it has its own Instagram and people can choose where the want to follow depending on the content they are interested in. Hope this will make sense to you 🙂

I am selling the same cards but there are also lots of new products!

– Visit the new shop –

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pentionery/

FOLLOW @PENTIONERY