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Upon hearing someone complain about how hard their life has been, I tell them they should try doing time in prison. How about five years for a crime you didn’t commit? Usually, the first one is enough to shut them up.

Sometimes that line gets me strange looks, you know the kind. That girl ain’t right in the head looks. But, honestly, I received my fair share of those before. Not that shit days didn’t happen before being locked up, they did. But the sweetest day, the day my ass walked out...