It has been a heavy week, month, year in the United States as gun violence takes more and more lives. We've gone far too long down this spiral of protecting interpretations of second amendment rights over the lives of our children, elders, community members. I continue to donate to Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety, with the hope that they are able to fight the powerful gun lobbies. We cannot stay silent. We cannot let our hearts be unbroken.
Mary Oliver wrote the poem “Lead” about environmental devastation at a local level. But I have no doubt she’d be okay with me using these words for this context.