Rebecca has been getting around quite a bit lately and has written articles for The Vallarta Tribune in November and again just last week.
In November, she wrote about Guadalajara’s International Book Fair Click the link and see the article on page 19.
Then just last week, she wrote another article in The Vallarta Tribune about Intellectual Property Rights and Empowering Women. See her article on page 16.
You can write to Rebecca at originalfriendsdolls@gmail.com
Monday, December 20, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Original Friends - Women's Prison Project
I have written several times about the dolls that Rebecca and some of the other inmates have made in the last year and a half. They are beautiful and each one is unique. Rebecca has gained her freedom, of course, but the Original Friends doll project continues and is a lasting example of the spirit of a woman drawn to make the best of an impossible situation.
There is now a web page where you can go to find out even more about how this doll project came about and personal infromation about the women that are involved. Go to Original Friends - Women's Prison Project to see the page.
As for Rebecca...
She is enjoying her freedom and has been to visit her mother and sons, as well as other family members. She is enjoying those visits, but is also anxious to go back to Mexico to resume her life and get her home back in order.
Life presents paths as we move along and Rebecca is looking for her path to follow. As always, she will make the best of whatever path she follows.
If you would like to know more about what she is up to and communicate with her, you can go to her Facebook page at Rebecca Roth and ask to be her "Friend."
I do know this much about her intentions...
She would like to acquire a car here, in the States, to drive back down to her home in Puerto Vallarta... not because she wants to make the drive, but because cars are less expensive here than down there and value-wise, it makes sense to her. If there is anyone out there that has a car to sell at a very reasonable price ($5K or less) to this lady in need or anyone that would like to donate a car for her use, it would certainly be appreciated. If so, please contact her and let her know. She will be in the Seattle area around the middle of June and leaving from here.
This may be my last post on this blog as I intend to turn it over to Rebecca to maintain when she arrives for her visit. So, check back as time goes on to see what she has to say and feel free to post comments and words of encouragement to her.
I want to thank all the readers of this blog for their support of Rebecca Roth in her time of need and for your encouragement to me along the way. Hopefully, we made a difference... together. I think knowing that all of you cared did make a huge difference for Rebecca.
Again, thank you!
David Dickinson
Seattle, WA
There is now a web page where you can go to find out even more about how this doll project came about and personal infromation about the women that are involved. Go to Original Friends - Women's Prison Project to see the page.
As for Rebecca...
She is enjoying her freedom and has been to visit her mother and sons, as well as other family members. She is enjoying those visits, but is also anxious to go back to Mexico to resume her life and get her home back in order.
Life presents paths as we move along and Rebecca is looking for her path to follow. As always, she will make the best of whatever path she follows.
If you would like to know more about what she is up to and communicate with her, you can go to her Facebook page at Rebecca Roth and ask to be her "Friend."
I do know this much about her intentions...
She would like to acquire a car here, in the States, to drive back down to her home in Puerto Vallarta... not because she wants to make the drive, but because cars are less expensive here than down there and value-wise, it makes sense to her. If there is anyone out there that has a car to sell at a very reasonable price ($5K or less) to this lady in need or anyone that would like to donate a car for her use, it would certainly be appreciated. If so, please contact her and let her know. She will be in the Seattle area around the middle of June and leaving from here.
This may be my last post on this blog as I intend to turn it over to Rebecca to maintain when she arrives for her visit. So, check back as time goes on to see what she has to say and feel free to post comments and words of encouragement to her.
I want to thank all the readers of this blog for their support of Rebecca Roth in her time of need and for your encouragement to me along the way. Hopefully, we made a difference... together. I think knowing that all of you cared did make a huge difference for Rebecca.
Again, thank you!
David Dickinson
Seattle, WA
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Dolls by Rebecca
The dolls shown on the webpage linked below are a sampling of the doll art created by Rebecca Roth and other inmates of the Women's Prison in Guadalajara. To order one, please contact Rebecca's sister Barbara at eslbjm@hotmail.com or call her at 323-786-9819. You can also write directly to Rebecca at vallartagal@hotmail.com to send messages of support or to exchange a donation for a unique piece of handcrafted art.
Click to see... Dolls by Rebecca
Click to see... Dolls by Rebecca
Rebecca Roth in US
Hi All,
I had planned to turn this blog over to Rebecca so she could keep everyone updated as to her comings and goings, revelations and scintillations, but... it appears she has been way to busy getting her life back together and figuring out which direction to turn in creating her new future to even attempt to learn this new fangled thing called Blogging.
So, here I am with more news to post.
Rebecca is in the US visiting her mother. Our son Evan, my wife Beverly and I picked Rebecca up at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport the other day on a layover during her trip to Walla Walla, WA where her mother is in an assisted living home. It is such a relief for all that she is there and able to visit with Hilda as she approaches her 89th year.
So, we pick her up during her layover and Evan treated us all to a great dinner at Bahama Breeze in Southcenter. Great food and beverages, fun conversation and a very healthy and mentally stable Rebecca Roth. It was great! She had some stories to tell and news to share.
One of the biggest bits of news was that she had made her way back to Puerta Vallarta to assess damage done to her home by the "caretaker" that was given free rent to care for her home. After some assistance from local friends in getting the back utilities paid, she was able to wade through the debris of her belongings and home fixtures and attempted to put things back in order. For the most part, she did a good job, as she related the story. It is such a shame that a "friend" would take such advantage and treat her personal property as so much junk. Very sad.
On a much brighter note... She's got dolls! As we were checking her bags back into the airport, she broke into one suitcase to reveal what appeared to be about 30 dolls of all shapes, sizes and themes. Many of them were absolutely beautiful. In some circles in Mexico, these dolls have been purchased and recognized as works of art. Each one is hand made and unique in style and design.
Here is a handful of pictures of some that she brought with her. So far, I have heard that she has sold about ten of the dolls to the residents and family memebrs of the people that her mother, Hilda, lives with.
I will be posting all of the pictures of dolls that I have received from Rebecca's sister Barbara over the last few years so that you can see them all in one place.
If anyone would like to purchase a doll, the prices range from only $25 to $100. Of course, prices vary depending on detail, etc. To order a doll, contact Barbara at eslbjm@hotmail.com or call her at 323-786-9819.
Note:
Rebecca has no idea I am writing this part, but...
After all that she has been through, her assets have been depleted, her business run out of business and her home literally ransacked... not to mention legal bills that have consumed funds. She could use some help. If you would like to make a difference, a donation in return for a handcrafted piece of art would be a great way to do so. Your unique doll will be a conversation piece and an investment in a new beginning for Rebecca. Contact Barbara to find out how you can help, please.
I had planned to turn this blog over to Rebecca so she could keep everyone updated as to her comings and goings, revelations and scintillations, but... it appears she has been way to busy getting her life back together and figuring out which direction to turn in creating her new future to even attempt to learn this new fangled thing called Blogging.
So, here I am with more news to post.
Rebecca is in the US visiting her mother. Our son Evan, my wife Beverly and I picked Rebecca up at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport the other day on a layover during her trip to Walla Walla, WA where her mother is in an assisted living home. It is such a relief for all that she is there and able to visit with Hilda as she approaches her 89th year.
So, we pick her up during her layover and Evan treated us all to a great dinner at Bahama Breeze in Southcenter. Great food and beverages, fun conversation and a very healthy and mentally stable Rebecca Roth. It was great! She had some stories to tell and news to share.
One of the biggest bits of news was that she had made her way back to Puerta Vallarta to assess damage done to her home by the "caretaker" that was given free rent to care for her home. After some assistance from local friends in getting the back utilities paid, she was able to wade through the debris of her belongings and home fixtures and attempted to put things back in order. For the most part, she did a good job, as she related the story. It is such a shame that a "friend" would take such advantage and treat her personal property as so much junk. Very sad.
On a much brighter note... She's got dolls! As we were checking her bags back into the airport, she broke into one suitcase to reveal what appeared to be about 30 dolls of all shapes, sizes and themes. Many of them were absolutely beautiful. In some circles in Mexico, these dolls have been purchased and recognized as works of art. Each one is hand made and unique in style and design.
Here is a handful of pictures of some that she brought with her. So far, I have heard that she has sold about ten of the dolls to the residents and family memebrs of the people that her mother, Hilda, lives with.
I will be posting all of the pictures of dolls that I have received from Rebecca's sister Barbara over the last few years so that you can see them all in one place.
If anyone would like to purchase a doll, the prices range from only $25 to $100. Of course, prices vary depending on detail, etc. To order a doll, contact Barbara at eslbjm@hotmail.com or call her at 323-786-9819.
Note:
Rebecca has no idea I am writing this part, but...
After all that she has been through, her assets have been depleted, her business run out of business and her home literally ransacked... not to mention legal bills that have consumed funds. She could use some help. If you would like to make a difference, a donation in return for a handcrafted piece of art would be a great way to do so. Your unique doll will be a conversation piece and an investment in a new beginning for Rebecca. Contact Barbara to find out how you can help, please.
Monday, April 19, 2010
American reflects on life behind Mexican prison bars
The article below was written by DALE HOYT PALFREY and published in the Guadalajara Reporter on April 16.
Free at last, Rebecca Roth reveals the good, the bad and the ugly of her four-year stint inside the Puente Grande penitentiary.
Two years ago Rebecca Roth and a fellow inmate at the Puente Grande penitentiary started up the production of handmade dolls as an in-house cottage industry. She is more committed than ever to keeping the project rolling now that she has regained her freedom.
These days Rebecca Roth starts each morning with a strenuous workout on a stationary bike. She follows the routine in an effort to gain the upper hand in a friendly exercise endurance challenge she has going with sister Barbara Moodhe and above all, to rebuild her health and vitality.
After cooling off she sits down to a leisurely and nutritious breakfast while taking in a soul-soothing view of Lake Chapala landscapes in the full bloom of Spring.
Just three weeks ago she was living through an entirely different scenario behind the walls of the Puente Grande penitentiary.
During her four years of incarceration she inhabited the cramped and noisy quarters of prison dorms, made up of tiny rooms that usually housed nearly double the number of people they were designed to hold. The largest dorm is equipped with two bathrooms, with a total of four toilet stalls and four showers shared by up to 200 women.
Roth’s days at Puente Grande began with a 6 a.m. wake up call, followed at 7:30 with line up for the first of four daily inmate roll calls. Afterwards she and fellow prisoners would scrounge up a cup of instant coffee to tide them over until the food cart rolled by her cramped dorm to deliver breakfast.
The standard morning fare consisted of lots of tortillas and beans, often with eggs on the side. Fresh fruit was a scarce commodity, kept off the menu to prevent prisoners from squirreling it away to manufacture bootleg liquor. Bottled water could be obtained for a fee, as an alternative to the vile tap water available for free consumption.
After breakfast the inmates are allowed to wander the enclosed prison grounds and busy themselves pretty much as they please. Most spend time at work assignments and other activities that help them rack up credit to obtain sentence reductions.
The system of benefits fits into the model of a prison as a social re-adaptation and rehabilitation center, Roth notes. “You have to cover all specified areas — work, schooling, psychology and integration — for it to count towards early release. It can add up to a 30 percent reduction in time served for common crimes and 60 percent off sentences for federal convictions.”
Roth says that staying busy helped her stay grounded during her prison ordeal. “With lots of things going on, the days passed by quickly and gave me positive outlets.”
At first she spent many hours reading books brought in by her sister and other constant supporters. She is currently starting to reread favorite titles that were sent back out to be kept in Moodhe’s home library. She also dedicated many full days to painting and churning out handmade crafts. During the long months she was behind bars her art work was shown in four separate exhibitions at Guadalajara’s Ex-Convento del Carmen.
Today, the walls of Moodhe’s lakeside home are covered with her sister’s paintings. Roth says each piece stirs up bittersweet memories, reflecting her state of mind at different time points in her prison experience. There are a couple of haunting landscapes showing the two sisters side by side, as well as lively abstracts and brightly colored batiks that seem to represent inner longings and desperate flights of fantasy. The artist has plans for a retrospective exhibit stowed on the back burner.
Rebecca Roth celebrated her release from prison at a gathering of friends including defense lawyers Isidoro de la Garza and Javier Arciniega who were instrumental in springing her from the Mexican criminal justice system.
Roth also took advantage of personal development programs at Puente Grande, signing up for psychology, literature and poetry workshops that helped her maintain emotional and spiritual balance while boosting her writing abilities and proficiency in Spanish.
She contributed a number of English poems, with translation into Spanish, to the first two editions of Rosas en el Desierto, collections of the inmates’ verses compiled by workshop guide Arturo Gallegos and published under the auspices of the state government.
At the instigation of literature teacher Maria Luisa Burillo, Roth took on the daunting task of translating a full-length motivational book on universal values. Getting the English version published is another item now on her to-do list.
To her credit, Roth pushed some of her own initiatives inside Puente Grande that were well received by prison authorities. The English language classes she started were qualified to fulfill the education requirements in the good behavior benefit system.
Dearest to her heart, however is the Doll Factory project Roth and fellow inmate Esmeralda Hernandez launched in 2008 as an in-house cottage industry. Each of the whimsical cloth figures is a one-of-a-kind piece that showcases the creative imagination of the person who created it. Most of the materials used in making the dolls are acquired through donations. Lakesider Ann Dyer provided a sewing machine for the project.
To date more than 100 dolls have been sold to prison staff, other inmates, visitors and outsiders, at prices ranging from 250 to 1,000 pesos. They are also being marketed through the Diane Pearl Gallery in Ajijic and direct sales via emails requests addressed to vallartagal@hotmail.com .
Roth is still committed to fostering the Doll Factory. She underlines that proceeds go back to the dozen inmates who are actively participating in the workshop, with ten percent set aside off the top for a fund tapped to purchase clothing, personnel supplies and toys for the infants who live together with their imprisoned mothers.
A prison volunteer delivered a brand new batch of the figures at the Freedom party celebrated in Roth’s honor last weekend. Nearly half were immediately scooped up by the guests in attendance.
Roth is still not completely out of the legal woods, according to her defense attorneys Isidoro de la Garza and Javier Arciniega. As a matter of course, federal prosecutors have filed an appeal for a reversal of the release order issued in her benefit late last month. Although the lawyers believe that the ruling will hold, there is still a remote possibility that the court will order a retrial of the entire case.
As she awaits the verdict, Roth maintains a surprisingly positive outlook, even under the weight of deep feelings of having been the victim of gross injustice. Her most abiding resentment is against United States diplomatic agents who she believes were delinquent in helping protect her rights. “They did almost nothing to help me. It seems that’s their job,” she observes. “One consular official told me that I had lost my rights when I crossed the border. The consulate didn’t give me their listing of registered lawyers until October 2007, more than a year and a half after I was arrested.”
Now that she is free, Roth looks back on her experience as some kind of bizarre nightmare. “I was down the rabbit hole with no way to get out. All of a sudden the time came and I popped right out. It doesn’t make sense yet, but I believe it was all for a reason. I’m going take the time to pick up the pieces of my life… one piece at a time.”
Free at last, Rebecca Roth reveals the good, the bad and the ugly of her four-year stint inside the Puente Grande penitentiary.
Two years ago Rebecca Roth and a fellow inmate at the Puente Grande penitentiary started up the production of handmade dolls as an in-house cottage industry. She is more committed than ever to keeping the project rolling now that she has regained her freedom.These days Rebecca Roth starts each morning with a strenuous workout on a stationary bike. She follows the routine in an effort to gain the upper hand in a friendly exercise endurance challenge she has going with sister Barbara Moodhe and above all, to rebuild her health and vitality.
After cooling off she sits down to a leisurely and nutritious breakfast while taking in a soul-soothing view of Lake Chapala landscapes in the full bloom of Spring.
Just three weeks ago she was living through an entirely different scenario behind the walls of the Puente Grande penitentiary.
During her four years of incarceration she inhabited the cramped and noisy quarters of prison dorms, made up of tiny rooms that usually housed nearly double the number of people they were designed to hold. The largest dorm is equipped with two bathrooms, with a total of four toilet stalls and four showers shared by up to 200 women.
Roth’s days at Puente Grande began with a 6 a.m. wake up call, followed at 7:30 with line up for the first of four daily inmate roll calls. Afterwards she and fellow prisoners would scrounge up a cup of instant coffee to tide them over until the food cart rolled by her cramped dorm to deliver breakfast.
The standard morning fare consisted of lots of tortillas and beans, often with eggs on the side. Fresh fruit was a scarce commodity, kept off the menu to prevent prisoners from squirreling it away to manufacture bootleg liquor. Bottled water could be obtained for a fee, as an alternative to the vile tap water available for free consumption.
After breakfast the inmates are allowed to wander the enclosed prison grounds and busy themselves pretty much as they please. Most spend time at work assignments and other activities that help them rack up credit to obtain sentence reductions.
The system of benefits fits into the model of a prison as a social re-adaptation and rehabilitation center, Roth notes. “You have to cover all specified areas — work, schooling, psychology and integration — for it to count towards early release. It can add up to a 30 percent reduction in time served for common crimes and 60 percent off sentences for federal convictions.”
Roth says that staying busy helped her stay grounded during her prison ordeal. “With lots of things going on, the days passed by quickly and gave me positive outlets.”
At first she spent many hours reading books brought in by her sister and other constant supporters. She is currently starting to reread favorite titles that were sent back out to be kept in Moodhe’s home library. She also dedicated many full days to painting and churning out handmade crafts. During the long months she was behind bars her art work was shown in four separate exhibitions at Guadalajara’s Ex-Convento del Carmen.
Today, the walls of Moodhe’s lakeside home are covered with her sister’s paintings. Roth says each piece stirs up bittersweet memories, reflecting her state of mind at different time points in her prison experience. There are a couple of haunting landscapes showing the two sisters side by side, as well as lively abstracts and brightly colored batiks that seem to represent inner longings and desperate flights of fantasy. The artist has plans for a retrospective exhibit stowed on the back burner.
Rebecca Roth celebrated her release from prison at a gathering of friends including defense lawyers Isidoro de la Garza and Javier Arciniega who were instrumental in springing her from the Mexican criminal justice system.
Roth also took advantage of personal development programs at Puente Grande, signing up for psychology, literature and poetry workshops that helped her maintain emotional and spiritual balance while boosting her writing abilities and proficiency in Spanish.
She contributed a number of English poems, with translation into Spanish, to the first two editions of Rosas en el Desierto, collections of the inmates’ verses compiled by workshop guide Arturo Gallegos and published under the auspices of the state government.
At the instigation of literature teacher Maria Luisa Burillo, Roth took on the daunting task of translating a full-length motivational book on universal values. Getting the English version published is another item now on her to-do list.
To her credit, Roth pushed some of her own initiatives inside Puente Grande that were well received by prison authorities. The English language classes she started were qualified to fulfill the education requirements in the good behavior benefit system.
Dearest to her heart, however is the Doll Factory project Roth and fellow inmate Esmeralda Hernandez launched in 2008 as an in-house cottage industry. Each of the whimsical cloth figures is a one-of-a-kind piece that showcases the creative imagination of the person who created it. Most of the materials used in making the dolls are acquired through donations. Lakesider Ann Dyer provided a sewing machine for the project.
To date more than 100 dolls have been sold to prison staff, other inmates, visitors and outsiders, at prices ranging from 250 to 1,000 pesos. They are also being marketed through the Diane Pearl Gallery in Ajijic and direct sales via emails requests addressed to vallartagal@hotmail.com .
Roth is still committed to fostering the Doll Factory. She underlines that proceeds go back to the dozen inmates who are actively participating in the workshop, with ten percent set aside off the top for a fund tapped to purchase clothing, personnel supplies and toys for the infants who live together with their imprisoned mothers.
A prison volunteer delivered a brand new batch of the figures at the Freedom party celebrated in Roth’s honor last weekend. Nearly half were immediately scooped up by the guests in attendance.
Roth is still not completely out of the legal woods, according to her defense attorneys Isidoro de la Garza and Javier Arciniega. As a matter of course, federal prosecutors have filed an appeal for a reversal of the release order issued in her benefit late last month. Although the lawyers believe that the ruling will hold, there is still a remote possibility that the court will order a retrial of the entire case.
As she awaits the verdict, Roth maintains a surprisingly positive outlook, even under the weight of deep feelings of having been the victim of gross injustice. Her most abiding resentment is against United States diplomatic agents who she believes were delinquent in helping protect her rights. “They did almost nothing to help me. It seems that’s their job,” she observes. “One consular official told me that I had lost my rights when I crossed the border. The consulate didn’t give me their listing of registered lawyers until October 2007, more than a year and a half after I was arrested.”
Now that she is free, Roth looks back on her experience as some kind of bizarre nightmare. “I was down the rabbit hole with no way to get out. All of a sudden the time came and I popped right out. It doesn’t make sense yet, but I believe it was all for a reason. I’m going take the time to pick up the pieces of my life… one piece at a time.”
Sunday, April 4, 2010
An Open Email from Rebecca
In the year 2010 I can hereby witness that miracles still happen, because I have just received a huge one!
Hello to all! I am doing fine! It took several days just to get my bearings (I’m not sure I have them yet). I am resting and recuperating at my sister’s house outside of Guadalajara.
Sorry for the form letter approach, but I want to respond to each and every one of you quickly, so I felt this was the best way.
I want to thank all of you who stuck with my sister and kept her strong and vigilant during this ordeal. She would bring me emails from you to inspire me (actually smuggle them in as there were restrictions on the amount of written material and letters I could be allowed to have!). Many of you I’ve never met face to face, yet I feel a bond to you for your compassion in reaching out and believing in someone you never knew either.
As I have said frequently over the four years, I felt like Alice down the rabbit hole, where no one could reach me or hear me. My distorted voice crying out for help, yet on the other side, no one could hear me, or maybe they could hear something, but couldn’t figure out what it was.
Your prayers and thoughts were heard and answered last Sunday when the judge admitted and decreed that after 4 years and 29 tomes (about 5000 pages), there was not sufficient evidence to hold me. And this was the same judge that sentenced me in April of 2008! God bless him for having the courage to change his position.
I have been greatly blessed in ways that I can’t really even describe and it brings tears to my eyes to just think about them.
I miss my family in the US and will be reuniting with them in the short run. In the long run, I feel like a newborn baby with all of the potential that new life brings! Who knows
what my life has in store for me now? I know this. I will have a big job ahead of me piecing my life back together, but I intend to make it a new and improved version.
I truly want to stay in touch with you, my friends and supporters. One thing I learned in prison and it is an old adage: “It’s when you are in trouble that you find out who your friends really are.” I am happy to include you in my circle of friends.
I will write more, later.
With much heartfelt thanks and best wishes to you all,
Rebecca
Hello to all! I am doing fine! It took several days just to get my bearings (I’m not sure I have them yet). I am resting and recuperating at my sister’s house outside of Guadalajara.
Sorry for the form letter approach, but I want to respond to each and every one of you quickly, so I felt this was the best way.
I want to thank all of you who stuck with my sister and kept her strong and vigilant during this ordeal. She would bring me emails from you to inspire me (actually smuggle them in as there were restrictions on the amount of written material and letters I could be allowed to have!). Many of you I’ve never met face to face, yet I feel a bond to you for your compassion in reaching out and believing in someone you never knew either.
As I have said frequently over the four years, I felt like Alice down the rabbit hole, where no one could reach me or hear me. My distorted voice crying out for help, yet on the other side, no one could hear me, or maybe they could hear something, but couldn’t figure out what it was.
Your prayers and thoughts were heard and answered last Sunday when the judge admitted and decreed that after 4 years and 29 tomes (about 5000 pages), there was not sufficient evidence to hold me. And this was the same judge that sentenced me in April of 2008! God bless him for having the courage to change his position.
I have been greatly blessed in ways that I can’t really even describe and it brings tears to my eyes to just think about them.
I miss my family in the US and will be reuniting with them in the short run. In the long run, I feel like a newborn baby with all of the potential that new life brings! Who knows
what my life has in store for me now? I know this. I will have a big job ahead of me piecing my life back together, but I intend to make it a new and improved version.
I truly want to stay in touch with you, my friends and supporters. One thing I learned in prison and it is an old adage: “It’s when you are in trouble that you find out who your friends really are.” I am happy to include you in my circle of friends.
I will write more, later.
With much heartfelt thanks and best wishes to you all,
Rebecca
Thursday, April 1, 2010
A call from Rebecca
Hi Folks...
Just a quick note. Rebecca just called from her sister's home and the sound was much clearer than conversations over the prison phone that she called from for 4+ years.
She wanted to let everyone know that she is taking time for some deep breaths and to gather her thoughts. She is doing very well and her spirits are vastly improved from the many months that passed. (Ya think?)
Anyway, she has been receiving your many emails and wants everyone to know that she will be answering each and everyone shortly. She simply needs some time to acclimate to freedom and soft furniture.
At some point, I will turn over the blog to her and she can keep you posted from time to time.
Again, if you did not catch her email before, you can write her directly at vallartagal@hotmail.com
Many thanks go out to everyone that has kept up on this blog. Rebecca has always appreciated your prayers, support and concern for her future. It appears that she is going to have one now!
Best to all,
David
Just a quick note. Rebecca just called from her sister's home and the sound was much clearer than conversations over the prison phone that she called from for 4+ years.
She wanted to let everyone know that she is taking time for some deep breaths and to gather her thoughts. She is doing very well and her spirits are vastly improved from the many months that passed. (Ya think?)
Anyway, she has been receiving your many emails and wants everyone to know that she will be answering each and everyone shortly. She simply needs some time to acclimate to freedom and soft furniture.
At some point, I will turn over the blog to her and she can keep you posted from time to time.
Again, if you did not catch her email before, you can write her directly at vallartagal@hotmail.com
Many thanks go out to everyone that has kept up on this blog. Rebecca has always appreciated your prayers, support and concern for her future. It appears that she is going to have one now!
Best to all,
David
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