November 23, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving! This holiday used to be spent by visiting my maternal grandparents. The holiday has otherwise sort of held or adopted different meaning for people than its origin story may suggest but regardless of the nature of the first thanksgiving, we have a day to focus on what to be thankful for and to pause from all the distractions that keep us from our families. Before the phone system flaked out I was able to briefly call my family and speak to my sister. I am thankful for my family and friends. I am thankful for all the people who have become a part of my life in the face of the tragedy that has wrongfully incarcerated me. The prison added a small container of generic crunch berries cereal to breakfast and gave inmates a chocolate chunk cookie with dinner instead of the usual oatmeal raisin. I suppose more people may read this than are part of the group who supports me, but to all the people who have joined the effort and are now somehow part of my life: thank you, so much, for everything. Words of affirmation, time, acts of service, gifts, and physical contact are the five universal love languages. I fit the things people do into those categories and think it is perfect that our groups identity can so appropriately carry the I Love You hand sign as a symbol of everything it means and implies.

​Again, and with lots of love, Happy Thanksgiving.