dear santa… i changed my mind…

Dec 7, 2023

Perry asked if I wanted a bigger TV for the living room/office for Christmas. My reply?

Me: We have 6 already. Why would I want yet another TV for Christmas?

Well, Santa (or Perry), is it too late to change my mind?

This TV went through a move just fine. To my knowledge, there’s been nothing close to it — yet, something has hit it and it’s now not much more than a brick.

Maybe the inmate did it.

I don’t typically answer my phone when it’s a number I don’t know or one not in my contacts list. For some unknown reason, I picked up. I stayed on the call long enough to hear, “This is a direct call from an inmate at Scott County Jail.” I hung up!

Directly afterward, my phone rang again. This time it was a collect call from an inmate at Scott County Jail. (I assume the same inmate.) I hung up quicker. Then I sat and worried over it even though there’s only a handful of people who’d call me if they were in jail.

One of them was with me just moments beforehand…

Now you know: Hannah Ocuish, a native American, intellectually disabled 12 year-old girl is believed to be the youngest person ever executed in the United States. She was convicted and hanged for the murder of a 6-year old daughter of a wealthy farmer. You can read about it here.