Through the Walls

Monday, September 06, 2004


Hurricane Charley


Hello friends... I hope that you’re all ok. I forgot to tell you about Hurricane Charley that visited Central Florida. Nothing happened here in prison. We didn’t even feel the hurricane when it went through, only some rain. They locked us in our rooms for about five hours, but because nothing happened, they let us out later. They do that as a security measure, but I consider it unnecessary. When they opened our doors, people ran for the telephone to call their relatives and find out if they were ok. I was one of them, but I couldn’t communicate, because no one answered at home. I was a bit worried, because my house was in the hurricane’s path. But I could finally reach them next day and everything was fine. Only two or three trees went down and some of the roof’s shingles.

Before I say good-bye, someone left a message for me in the Blog and didn’t leave his/her email so I could reply (wrote as anonymous). He/she asked me if what I wrote were stuff that happened to me or to someone else. What I write at the beginning of each entry is stuff from my daily life. The messages that follow are sometimes my inspirations, but mostly they are messages I’ve read and liked them so much that I wish to share them with those who read my Blog.

Well, this is all for now. Later.

Sincerely,

Pedro

The Gift


A bus was bumping along a back road in the South. In one seat, a wispy old man sat holding a bunch of fresh flowers. Across the aisle was a young girl whose eyes came back again and again to the man’s flowers. The time came for the old man to get off. Impulsively he thrust the flowers into the girl’s lap. “I can see you love the flowers”, he explained, “and I think my wife would like for you to have them. I’ll tell her I gave them to you.” The girl accepted the flowers with a happy smile and as the bus was leaving, she looked to the side and watched the old man get off the bus and walk through the gate of a small cemetery.

(Author: Bennet Cerf
From: “Chicken Soup for the Soul”)

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