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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist

I’ve been busy.

May 1, 2013 by Kate Mayer 5 Comments

Newtown grief leaves a town in a heavy fogSorry for the absence, but I’ve been busy. Driving carpool, cooking casseroles, writing letters, making phone calls, crying, attending meetings, losing friends, working, making friends, mending broken hearts, lobbying congress, watching sports, writing more letters, crying, joining groups, quitting groups, hugging kids, visiting colleges, working, momming, driving.

Trying my best to be a worthy ambassador for Newtown every single day.

Trying to figure out what to do next.

What we can possibly do to stop our horror from ever visiting your town. Or movie theater. Or mall. Or playground. Or college campus. Or church. Or first grade classrooms.

Where we go from here, in the shadow of such sadness, I’m not sure. But while I try to figure this new reality out, I plan to take you with me.

* * *

[I’m going to be posting a lot of content regarding reducing gun violence in our country. You can read that as “gun control.” And you can unfollow. But you cannot tell me that what is going on today is acceptable under any circumstance. You cannot tell me Pro 2A means pro-unlimited, unrestricted, unaccountable access to firepower meant to kill as many people as possible as quickly as possible. Because I know first hand where that unlimited power leads to, and we need to stop this before you know as well.]


Channeling Grief into Advocacy, Sort of
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  1. Andrea says

    May 1, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    Oh Kathy…..(hugs) I’m not going anywhere…

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  2. jonfonya says

    May 11, 2013 at 2:22 am

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  3. JM says

    June 19, 2013 at 9:42 pm

    All power to you. Every action moves a little forward.
    Thank you for your perseverance.

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  4. Kathy (p/t writer, f/t mom) says

    June 20, 2013 at 2:32 pm

    thank you. trying to regain my voice. but can’t seem to control the words. your comment helps more than you’ll ever know. thank you-thank you-thank you.

    Reply
  5. Kelli, Kellogg, Kellzer, Calleen, Squaleen..whatever says

    July 12, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    Dear friend, I’m with you and will continue to follow you and be inspired by your relentless pursuits to help all of us. Godspeed!

    Reply

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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...

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