Joyce is one of our superstar Transformees. Since being released from prison earlier this year she found a great transition home and has already graduated to a new phase in their program with upgraded housing and has also upgraded her employment with a job that she’s really enjoying and making more money than with her starter job when she first arrived at the transition home. Joyce is a genuine delight to work with and we’re glad to have her as part of our family. She has such a great attitude and we know she is going to have a great life moving forward and putting her past behind her.
Following is a list of her recent blog articles with a title and excerpt but you can choose the (more…) button to read the entire article.
I was fortunate enough to go through the second chance program which is an employment readiness program started by Governor Ducey. This program helped me learn interview skills and how to deal with my background, as well as how to put a resume together. (more…)
Going to a crowded restaurant was a little too much right out the gate. One would think that it should be just like riding a bike to get back into the swing of things however it does take some time. (more…)
The day of release and I am excited to start my new life and thankful that there are people picking me up are there for me. First meeting them was fantastic and they were so loving and encouraging and excited for me. My son that I had lost custody of when he was three found me right before I left prison and we exchanged a couple of letters before I had left. I had given him Tom and Cindy’s phone number to contact me. Tom and Cindy had a picture of him in a frame for me and before we left the prison grounds my son was calling the phone for me.. The experience was heartwarming and so long overdue and I have to say had it not been for the grace of our heavenly father I certainly felt his love that day. The greatness of this all is that I had not even left the prison yet and my life was really about to change, and my mentors were right there in the front seat of the car, looking back I think, WOW.
Getting ready to be released from prison in itself is a scary and exciting time. Being unsure of what the world is about to offer after having been in a time out and away from society is an unsettling feeling. Having had contact with Cindy via letters and the love and support that she and her husband Tom was comforting, just to know that there was someone that I could count on to help me as I was about to come back from a 5-year sentence was nice. (more…)