I cannot yet say I have “turned a corner” regarding my grief. It’s more like I am at the beginning of a big curve in the road and slowly making my way around to the other end. So, I feel I am experiencing some progress. Having never gone through such a trial, I really don’t know what to expect. I look forward to not bursting into tears at the slightest little thing such as hearing a song or seeing a commercial for a TV show that Daniel and I liked to watch. While I know it is okay to do this, it can be unsettling to people who are in the same room as me when it happens. Try to picture all 6’2”, 450 lbs. of me spontaneously exploding into a crying jag. I feel bad for those who have witnessed this. This would be a good gag for a Candid Camera episode, I think.
A Sample Court Report
I have felt like writing lately so I will continue to do so. After yesterday's post regarding my early life, I thought some of you might like to know a bit about what I did as a vocation. I have received a number of compliments regarding my writing ability for which I am grateful. Most people do not know that for many years as a Probation Officer, I wrote reports for the Court. In this job I got a lot of practice as an "Indentured Wordsmith." The following is a fictional account of one such report. The defendant in this case was convicted of attempted robbery. In addition to all the other information required by the Court, the reports I wrote contained information resulting from my own investigation including my interviews of the victim and defendant. Most of the report is who, what, why, where and how, but in the evaluation section, I got to throw in my opinion about what consequences the guy should get. Keep in mind, the defendant had already been convicted which inc
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