Back Again

As I type this I have moved my computer out to my balcony and I am sitting out here looking west towards the rockies. It is a cloudy day that us supposedly going to have more snow this evening and then plenty more tomorrow and possibly into saturday. Estimates for total snowfall are somewhere betweeen 2 inches(on the light side)to a bit over a foot on the heavy side. So, while it should not be as bad as the previous three fridays, it will still be felt.

What is interesting to me is that just about everyone I know here(who has been here for awhile) has remarked how this was the most amount of snow they have seen in Denver in almost 20+ years. Many people have talked baout how it would snow one day, then the temperature would hit 60 for a few days and melt all the snow. But this much snow is seemingly unheard of in this part of the country.

On other fronts I have started a new group at the Juvenile Detention Center. This group has 6 kids and is entitled VIOLENT OFFENDERS GROUP. One of the things which we try to teach is the use of better choices. All the kids in the facility are guilty of different types of crimes but also have some psychological issues. Now,having a psychological issue does not excuse their behavior as everyone must be held accountable for all their actions.




Instead, what we offer is an oppertunity to change your life. An oppertunity to keep doing the same old thing and end up here or a chance to change your life and end up as a contributing member of society. The Violent offenders group is going to touch a lot of issues such as ways to avoid escalation of anger, who are the victims of crimes, and what you can do to avoid being brought into a violent situation. And the kids will need to listen, learn what I am teaching, and then apply it. The fact is that each one of these kids is undr 18 years old and should have a long life to live. But the fact is they have a choice where they wish to live and what they want to see.

They can choose this


or this