My husband is incarcerated and awaiting trial and has been for the last 14 months. Marrying my husband was the best thing I ever did in my life. He is my best friend and soul mate.

His charge is from 1995, they brought him in in 2000. I am writing this to all the people who judge...including my own family and friends. All the people who don't understand why I couldn't just walk away. All the people who see a 21 year old college educated woman and just don't "get" why I chose to marry him... these people who turned their backs on me and my husband when we needed them the most... the pain of being separated is there all the time, it never goes away, the pain of watching my husband and the torment he endures as inflicted by a horrible DOC systems full of corruption and people on power trips, my poor husband has been through so much, we are the forgotten victims...

Before you judge, please tell me how do you walk away from love? If I knew how, I would have done it. Nobody ever taught me in school that lesson. Please do not judge, for you do not understand until you have walked ONE SECOND in my shoes, the pain, or the tears. It is a horrific experience that has forever aged me, yet I will never regret my marriage or who my husband is until the day I die.

Chris-I love you and will wait.

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