A 5-Year-Old Walked Into Court and Told the Judge: “Let My Daddy Come Home… and I’ll Help Your Legs Remember”

then, she had returned to the bench because the bench was the one place no one could ask if she was all right. In court, people wanted rulings. They wanted signatures, continuances, pleas, punishment, relief. They did not want Miriam Whitaker the woman. They wanted the judge, and the judge could function without legs, without dancing, without hope.continue reading …