Lent 2020, Day 10: Love Lessons.
Kiki shared this Humans of New York thread with me last month, and now I’m sharing it here. This is a story of incarceration, lies, love, and forgiveness. And, it’s true.
(1/11) “It was just a normal morning. Almost exactly five years ago. I was making tea in the kitchen. Bobby was still…
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(2/11) “Back in the day my name was Walter Miller. It was a pretty normal childhood. We grew up poor, but nothing…
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(3/11) “I followed those train tracks all the way to Washington DC. And for a minute, it seemed like everything would…
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(4/11) “It was all over for Walter Miller. The judge sentenced me to twenty-five to thirty years. I held out hope for…
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(5/11) “Everything changed for me when someone screamed ‘punk ass’ at the prison captain. He was walking through the…
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(6/11) “I cleaned out my locker before I went to sleep. I wanted to leave nothing behind. No phone numbers. No…
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(7/11) “Bobby Love arrived in New York in late November, 1977. I was glad to be free, but I was still in a tough spot. …
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(9/11) “There was a piece missing. All these years I loved my husband. And he loved me—but something was missing. …
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(10/11) “My world came crashing down. Bobby’s arrest was all over the papers. It seemed like the whole city was…
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(11/11) “I got to work. I wrote letters to the governor. I wrote letters to Obama. I gathered testimonials from…
Posted by Humans of New York on Wednesday, February 5, 2020