by Christy Szitta | Dec 10, 2024 | Ripple Effect
This is the data I have collected over the last 22 years: 6: The number of years I spent with my father before he was arrested. 3: How many years by Papi spent in jail going from cell to court and back again. My mother and I spent those 3 years traveling in a similar...
by Christy Szitta | Dec 10, 2024 | Ripple Effect
Saturdays were bacon and eggs and barbecues. Sundays were church after breakfast, fries and fish sticks at noon. Weekends with family were defined by food—even if pops wasn’t such a good cook. Everything was fine until it wasn’t. Until the day pops went to work and...
by Christy Szitta | Dec 10, 2024 | Ripple Effect
Once I went in, all communication with my kids was cut off. That hurt more than anything else. It’s been years, and I’m still trying to catch up.