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Re: Love and cough can never hide...
The drive to Montego Bay was the longest drive of my life... Flat bridge road closed, we end up on some detour up in the hills.
The night is dark, the cars jammed on this little country road up by bog walk and nobody is moving.
Someone jumps off the country bus to sell bag juice and I have to laugh
only in Jamaica 
As we reach by Ochi, I am thinking there is no way I am getting on a plane tomorrow. So I call the bank to check my available funds.
The ATM in Kingston had an error last night, and I had to move to the next Scotia and try again... well apparently BOTH charges went through and my bank has .98 cents in it
Yeah, that goes along with my day just perfectly!
I talk to the lady in customer service who tells me she can't do anything until the charge posts as it is still pending... lawd... I clutch the $585 in cash in my pocket, and pray we noh get robbed
We reach MoBay after Midnight due to all the traffic, and I am happy to be in a familiar hotel... The security guard at the Gloriana opens the gate, and soon we are in a room with private balcony, and Cal. King size bed. A bed never looked so good. I am exhausted, and frankly don't care that I am scheduled to leave in less than 12 hours. I know I am not getting on that plane...
I slept hard, and woke about the time we were supposed to be leaving for the airport. Then I started attempting to reach the airlines. They would not hold the ticket without the money, and my card is not gonna work. They tell me I can go to the airport and pay in cash, but I can't even go to the restaurant for food at this point
Through all I have endured, God has provided for me. A shoulder to cry on, a friend to help, a sign to keep going, a glimmer of hope, a handful of happiness.
This time it was a friend to help and soon my reservation is changed, and I am free to spend the day hugging my family...
I don't think I have ever been so sad in all my life.
Even the loss of my mother felt like I would eventually heal.
But each day I am separated from my husband feels like a life lost.
After almost 3 years we are back at square one, and I am facing the choice of living my life through skype and sporadic trips, or moving myself and 2 small children to Jamaica.
For possession of a PLANT!
A plant so ingrained in his culture it is everywhere, and for which my state writes a ticket!
A ticket same as they would write for a TRAFFIC violation, and for this my family is separated!!
I am appalled and sickened by this fact.
If you are too, you can join the movement to end the federal prohibition of marijuana with me.
There is a congressional bill now on the house floor to do just that:
http://prohibitionsend.com/2011/06/23/te...on-act-of-2011/
If you are in the US you can write to your congressional representative here: http://www.nomoredrugwar.org/
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It is clear that marijuana prohibition has not only failed but is doing more harm than good. Hundreds of thousands of Americans were arrested last year for a marijuana offense - in most cases for nothing more than possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. Those arrested were separated from their loved ones, denied jobs, barred from receiving school loans and other benefits, and in some cases deprived of the right to vote. Moreover, like alcohol prohibition, marijuana prohibition is empowering organized crime and putting both citizens and law enforcement in harm's way. </div></div>
I don't know what is next for my family, but I hold on to my faith that it will somehow be ok.
The drive to Montego Bay was the longest drive of my life... Flat bridge road closed, we end up on some detour up in the hills.
The night is dark, the cars jammed on this little country road up by bog walk and nobody is moving.
Someone jumps off the country bus to sell bag juice and I have to laugh
only in Jamaica As we reach by Ochi, I am thinking there is no way I am getting on a plane tomorrow. So I call the bank to check my available funds.
The ATM in Kingston had an error last night, and I had to move to the next Scotia and try again... well apparently BOTH charges went through and my bank has .98 cents in it
Yeah, that goes along with my day just perfectly!
I talk to the lady in customer service who tells me she can't do anything until the charge posts as it is still pending... lawd... I clutch the $585 in cash in my pocket, and pray we noh get robbed
We reach MoBay after Midnight due to all the traffic, and I am happy to be in a familiar hotel... The security guard at the Gloriana opens the gate, and soon we are in a room with private balcony, and Cal. King size bed. A bed never looked so good. I am exhausted, and frankly don't care that I am scheduled to leave in less than 12 hours. I know I am not getting on that plane...
I slept hard, and woke about the time we were supposed to be leaving for the airport. Then I started attempting to reach the airlines. They would not hold the ticket without the money, and my card is not gonna work. They tell me I can go to the airport and pay in cash, but I can't even go to the restaurant for food at this point
Through all I have endured, God has provided for me. A shoulder to cry on, a friend to help, a sign to keep going, a glimmer of hope, a handful of happiness.
This time it was a friend to help
and soon my reservation is changed, and I am free to spend the day hugging my family...I don't think I have ever been so sad in all my life.
Even the loss of my mother felt like I would eventually heal.
But each day I am separated from my husband feels like a life lost.
After almost 3 years we are back at square one, and I am facing the choice of living my life through skype and sporadic trips, or moving myself and 2 small children to Jamaica.
For possession of a PLANT!
A plant so ingrained in his culture it is everywhere, and for which my state writes a ticket!
A ticket same as they would write for a TRAFFIC violation, and for this my family is separated!!
I am appalled and sickened by this fact.
If you are too, you can join the movement to end the federal prohibition of marijuana with me.
There is a congressional bill now on the house floor to do just that:
http://prohibitionsend.com/2011/06/23/te...on-act-of-2011/
If you are in the US you can write to your congressional representative here: http://www.nomoredrugwar.org/
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It is clear that marijuana prohibition has not only failed but is doing more harm than good. Hundreds of thousands of Americans were arrested last year for a marijuana offense - in most cases for nothing more than possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. Those arrested were separated from their loved ones, denied jobs, barred from receiving school loans and other benefits, and in some cases deprived of the right to vote. Moreover, like alcohol prohibition, marijuana prohibition is empowering organized crime and putting both citizens and law enforcement in harm's way. </div></div>
I don't know what is next for my family, but I hold on to my faith that it will somehow be ok.
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Nine!
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