This is one of the most moving personal accounts I have read in a long time. | by Deborah Barchi | Medium

…times, I watch kids playing basketball with their parents in their driveway nearby. It’s beautiful. People say this isolation is like a prison, but it’s not. In there, you never have the chance to see something like this, to maybe even one day be a part of it.

I Served 22 Years in Prison and Was Just Released Into a Pandemic

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1 min readApr 23, 2020

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This is one of the most moving personal accounts I have read in a long time. I know you will be OK, Vanessa. Keep trying. I admire your courage.

Life In The Time

Deborah Barchi

Written by Deborah Barchi

Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays.

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