Christ_empowered
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ok. i have -1- conviction on my record. it is a -serious- misdemeanor that started far, far worse (plea bargain...apparently, its the American way, lol). and...
I was arrested 8 years ago, sentenced 7 years ago. been off of probation (successfully, released early) for over 4 years, now. and...
i was craving an ice cold soda today. so, i stopped at a little convenience store. parking was kind cramped, so I had to park right next to the next vehicle, not able to skip a space. and...
well, on the plus side, I ended up with that new style Coke+coffee stuff. its surprisingly good! also not as sugary as normal coke. and then...
on my way towards my own vehicle, an older man and a small child...grandchild, maybe?....walked to the vehicle parked next to mine. the kid said something about "schizophrenia," which...may sound far fetched, but I'm a a pariah around here, and its kind of...never ending, that's happened before. ok, so...
the man said stuff...not super loudly, but loudly enough for me to hear, about "when we get through with him" and some other junk, including "warrants," etc. and...
I moved back home to this general area about 10 years ago. I'll soon be 37. Got saved 8 years ago, parents seem to have recently forgiven me, at least moved enough in that direction for us to be a family again. and...
the talk of "warrants" and such has been going on basically since I came back home. long story. And...
ugh. waxes and wanes, basically. I Praise The Lord for bringing me to salvation and for bringing what looks like deliverance to my life and to my parents, also. and...
now, it seems to be on the upswing. -shrug- all I can really do is pray, it seems. my parents had been given big promotions and such a bit before I was arrested 8 years ago, so...
The Lord -clearly- softened their hearts towards me, and I ended up with a good lawyer, bonded out, got saved on bond, then a plea deal. thing is...
I was -the dregs- , but still in society. long story...not that I was sinless or blameless, just...wow. 16 years ago, psychiatrists at a hospital wanted to put me in a homeless shelter, as part of "treatment." my parents thankfully nixed that, and...
now, 16 years later, people sometimes will say "he should have gone to a homeless shelter" and "his parents were supposed to be fired from (place of employment)!" and...
on and on and on. The Lord spared me then, and I've been truly saved 8 years ago, now, and...
I don't know what to make of it. arrest warrants in my state are not even posted publicly or anything, so if I want to find out anything, a lawyer would have to call around (obviously not free, lol).
I just...don't know. I don't know. of course, people also taunt me with "he had a public defender...developed Schizophrenia...judge took pity on him. has a felony!," etc., so...??? not that I"m "too good" for a public defender, pity, or a felony, just...
its not what actually happened, and I don't know random people in a small southern city are messing with me 7 years after sentencing on a plea bargain, 4 years after successful completion of probation. -don't get it-
ugh. i actually...am far enough along in my "Recovery" (largely from psych treatment, lol) that I kinda see how patient y'all have been with me over these past...several years, lol. ugh. I have no friends locally, but I am (thankfully) close to my parents. The Lord has done a mighty work in me and in my life over these past years...
only trouble I've gotten in was a seat belt violation, although oddly enough even that won't show up on the state-funded website (it goes by county...search, -all- public legal records should show up...the seat belt violation was showing up, now its not...). anyway...
obviously, no one wants to go to jail or a hospital or anything, least of all me. and...
-sigh- The Lord spared me and has changed me. all people around here seem to see is some "dirty old flamer (they use other words, too, of course...)," among other things. and...I cannot really move. :-(
thanks, as always.
I was arrested 8 years ago, sentenced 7 years ago. been off of probation (successfully, released early) for over 4 years, now. and...
i was craving an ice cold soda today. so, i stopped at a little convenience store. parking was kind cramped, so I had to park right next to the next vehicle, not able to skip a space. and...
well, on the plus side, I ended up with that new style Coke+coffee stuff. its surprisingly good! also not as sugary as normal coke. and then...
on my way towards my own vehicle, an older man and a small child...grandchild, maybe?....walked to the vehicle parked next to mine. the kid said something about "schizophrenia," which...may sound far fetched, but I'm a a pariah around here, and its kind of...never ending, that's happened before. ok, so...
the man said stuff...not super loudly, but loudly enough for me to hear, about "when we get through with him" and some other junk, including "warrants," etc. and...
I moved back home to this general area about 10 years ago. I'll soon be 37. Got saved 8 years ago, parents seem to have recently forgiven me, at least moved enough in that direction for us to be a family again. and...
the talk of "warrants" and such has been going on basically since I came back home. long story. And...
ugh. waxes and wanes, basically. I Praise The Lord for bringing me to salvation and for bringing what looks like deliverance to my life and to my parents, also. and...
now, it seems to be on the upswing. -shrug- all I can really do is pray, it seems. my parents had been given big promotions and such a bit before I was arrested 8 years ago, so...
The Lord -clearly- softened their hearts towards me, and I ended up with a good lawyer, bonded out, got saved on bond, then a plea deal. thing is...
I was -the dregs- , but still in society. long story...not that I was sinless or blameless, just...wow. 16 years ago, psychiatrists at a hospital wanted to put me in a homeless shelter, as part of "treatment." my parents thankfully nixed that, and...
now, 16 years later, people sometimes will say "he should have gone to a homeless shelter" and "his parents were supposed to be fired from (place of employment)!" and...
on and on and on. The Lord spared me then, and I've been truly saved 8 years ago, now, and...
I don't know what to make of it. arrest warrants in my state are not even posted publicly or anything, so if I want to find out anything, a lawyer would have to call around (obviously not free, lol).
I just...don't know. I don't know. of course, people also taunt me with "he had a public defender...developed Schizophrenia...judge took pity on him. has a felony!," etc., so...??? not that I"m "too good" for a public defender, pity, or a felony, just...
its not what actually happened, and I don't know random people in a small southern city are messing with me 7 years after sentencing on a plea bargain, 4 years after successful completion of probation. -don't get it-
ugh. i actually...am far enough along in my "Recovery" (largely from psych treatment, lol) that I kinda see how patient y'all have been with me over these past...several years, lol. ugh. I have no friends locally, but I am (thankfully) close to my parents. The Lord has done a mighty work in me and in my life over these past years...
only trouble I've gotten in was a seat belt violation, although oddly enough even that won't show up on the state-funded website (it goes by county...search, -all- public legal records should show up...the seat belt violation was showing up, now its not...). anyway...
obviously, no one wants to go to jail or a hospital or anything, least of all me. and...
-sigh- The Lord spared me and has changed me. all people around here seem to see is some "dirty old flamer (they use other words, too, of course...)," among other things. and...I cannot really move. :-(
thanks, as always.