Let me know you're here.

Anyone reading these updates, let me know, leave a comment, a thumbs up, anything. Just some kind of acknowledgement. My first video visit with Rick was bittersweet - It's happiness and sadness. Seeing him makes me happy, but also feeling the weight of his situation makes it hard to hold it together. He deserves to be free. Every evening revolves around his call, and the wait is absolutely nerve-wracking. When that call doesn't come by a certain time, panic floods me, wondering if something has happened to him. This isn't normal or easy; the time crawls by and causes anxiety that's beyond words. The terror of not knowing if he's okay there is brutal. While my own anxiety is immense, I'm certain it's nothing compared to what he's enduring. This whole ordeal is truly terrible, and it's an injustice that it's happening. This individual is responsible for creating this nightmare, and her actions are clearly those of an insane psychopath. Life chang...