“Blank Canvas, How I Reinvented My Life After Prison”

I wanted to die. I lost it all. My wife. My life. My identity. Money. Freedom. Trust.

I hurt the people I love.

Every day, pain coursed through my veins. Every day was darker than the one before it. Every night I prayed I would die in my sleep. Every morning I was disappointed when my eyes would open to the dawn of a new day.