On Mother's Day, I stumbled over a lovely essay by one of the Newtown Mothers...and it made me want to remember each of the kids. I would be especially angry if I were a Newtown mother, on Mother's Day. These kids should all still be with their parents and their schools. So, I tweeted about each of the kids in honor of Father's Day. Here's what I said:
- The 1st Father's Day after #newtown - we should remember the kids who were murdered that day, as a callous government doesn't care - WE DO!
- Remembering Emilie Parker who would've been 7 on 5/12, wanted to be Hermionie Granger for her birthday. #newtown
- Remembering Charlotte Bacon, in whose memory a Kindness Award was started. #newtown
- Remembering Jesse Lewis who wrote "Nurturing Healing Love" on a chalkboard at home before he was murdered. #newtown
- Remembering the rambunctious Noah Pozner whose twin sister was in another class. #newtown
- Remembering red-headed Daniel Barden whose dad taught him Jingle Bells on the piano on his last morning. #newtown
- Remembering Olivia Engel, who was a Daisy Girl Scout. #newtown
- Remembering Josephine Gay, who loved the water and whose parents set up a fund for autistic children. #newtown
- Remembering Dylan Hockley whose parents included a reading of Goodnight Moon at his memorial service. #newtown
- Remembering Madeleine Hsu who loved dogs and wearing pink. #newtown
- Remembering Catherine Hubbard who loved animals. Her parents asked for donations to an animal center. #newtown
- Remembering Chase Kowalski who loved sports & played baseball. #newtown
- Remembering Ana Marquez-Greene, who sang via video during her funeral. #newtown
- Remembering James Mattioli who always loved to sing. #newtown
- Remembering Grace McDonnell who loved the beach. #newtown
- Remembering Jack Pinto who was buried in a NY Giants jersey. #newtown
- Remembering Caroline Previdi whose favorite charity was The Toy Chest at her church. #newtown
- Remembering Jessica Rekos who wanted cowboy boots for Christmas. #newtown
- Remembering Avielle Richman whose Dad had been blogging about her adventures in 2012. #newtown
- Remembering Jonathan Wheeler who wanted to be a paleontologist. #newtown
- Remembering Allison Wyatt, an artistic girl who shared with strangers. #newtown
- We should never forget the children of #newtown, particularly on Father's Day. Write your representative - better gun laws save lives.
Never forget that these were the senators who cared more about the NRA's opinion of them than the 90% of the public who wants better background checks. Here are the Twitter accounts of these senators:
@SenAlexander @KellyAyotte @SenJohnBarrasso @MaxBaucus @SenatorBegich
@RoyBlunt @JohnBoozeman @SenatorBurr @SaxbyChambliss @SenDanCoates
@TomCoburn @JeffFlake @SenThadCochran @SenBobCorker @JohnCornyn
@MikeCrapo @SenTedCruz @SenatorEnzi @SenMikeLee @SenatorFischer
@GrahamBlog @ChuckGrassley @SenOrrinHatch @jiminhofe
@SenatorHeitkamp @SenDeanHeller @SenJohnHoeven @SenatorIsakson
@Mike_Johanns @SenRonJohnson @McConnellPress @JerryMoran
@lisamurkowski @SenRandPaul @robportman @SenMarkPryor @SenatorRisch
@SenPatRoberts @marcorubio @SenatorTimScott @SenatorSessions
@SenShelbyPress @SenJohnThune @DavidVitter @SenatorWicker
