Advice From My Incarcerated Father

by Spookes

I got character from my father yesterday.  He told me a lot of true things, that I have done wrong in the past and to be honest I got sad, because he called me out on what I did wrong.  

When my father wrote to me from prison, I felt joyful, because I needed some advice from a father figure.  After I read the letter I cried because he told me that I was making him hurt with my life decisions.  

He told me I was lucky to have a support system that wants to help.  My father then told me he loves me, never will I question that.  

My father called me out for being a troublemaker and causing trouble for my family and making my father and mother look bad. 

He told me all he ever wanted was for me to do better than him.  

In the end, I feel good about the words my father had told me (in the letter). I now feel the need to change for myself and my family.