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Virality and the Ricochet Meetup
I had a dream last night that I hosted a Ricochet Meetup at my house, and 400 people turned up. I didn’t have enough forks.
Then I woke up, with a slight cold … and my beloved brought me breakfast and informed me that I’d “gone viral.” A story I told on The Moth a while ago has been re-released as a video (didn’t know they’d filmed it!) and has had 1.4 million hits.
An image of the little girl I call Nina, who loved her cousin Andy, rose before my eyes. How odd it is that her story is now part of the lives of a million strangers. She (a third-grader by now) is waiting under the grey sky for the school bus.
There are so many people in the world, and yet it is so small. I’ll see some of you — probably not 400, though! — in Massachusetts this weekend!
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Number of viewers and shares up by one. Wow! Get your hankies out!
We’ll bring our own forks . . .
Beautiful! My eyes were leaking after listening to that podcast episode, so I’ll wait a bit before watching the video. And I’m disappointed that I couldn’t rearrange my schedule for the Boston meetup. /-:
Side note: As soon as I saw the headline, before reading further, my brain said “Kate misspelled virility…” (-:
Couldn’t you take the dream party down the street to The Drouthy Bear Pub?
Do you have a YouTube link? My computers won’t go to Facebook.
When I listened to Here If You Need Me (when it first came out), I was amazed. After seeing this video, I am inspired. Thanks.
Hollywood !!!
My computer doesn’t do face book either.
I went to Facebook and they wanted me to sign up, but gave me an option of “not now” which I clicked and they let me watch the video anyway!
Beautiful story Kate. Thank you.
Let’s see what this does.
Doesn’t look as if The Moth has posted it on Youtube.
Thanks Kate for a lovely story about Nina, a little girl with a good heart. Thanks also for your story about Drew and you. I smiled a a bit when you described dressing Drew in his Class A uniform, and shed some tears as well.
Pax Christi
Kate, thank you for sharing. I am going to pass this along to my whole family.
If I or any of my loved ones ever meet a tragic demise. Please Lord, send someone like Kate.
What an amazing and touching speech. Thank you for all that you do.
Tears. I’m excited to meet you tomorrow.
Me, too! (You have to let me buy your supper. Ask your fiancee why…!)
Thanks, Arahant. I don’t have Facebook either, so I had to see it on my husband’s computer.
Four hundred people?!? It’d be a bit of a squish!
Hah! I intended that…
Beautifully told! Bring back a lot of tender memories.
Thank you, Kate.
I just saw it on a friend’s FaceBook page! You’ve given a beautiful gift to so many Kate. Thank you.
I watched that video story of yours this morning. I don’t remember cutting onions while laying in bed, but I must have!
Recall your sharing Nina with us; warmth, hope, and gratitude, dear colleague and friend! Lovely to see you in this! Have a wonderful Meetup!
We’ll miss you, Nanda!
I almost lost it when she put the telescope in his hand, but I recovered.
And then when she said goodbye, I did lose it.
What a powerful story.
I think she’s a wonderful young lady. I think we coddle ourselves too much. We act as though we should not be exposed to such things, but contrary to popular sentiment, it doesn’t hurt. And it probably helps.
Thanks Kate. Beautifully told.
Maybe that explains the dream I had about 400 forks.
I never put the two together, but I’ve heard your stories on the Moth before. You tell a whale of a story, I wish I was half that good.
What can be said that hasn’t been already said above. Nothing here save for my thanks for sharing Drew and Nina with us. I’ll be carrying those stories with me forever – and sharing them when I can. (Tho I’ll never be able to do it as beautifully as you did. Truly, you told them beautifully.
I’m excited to meet both of you!
I am simply awed at the strength and resilience of my fellow humans, even a little kid like Nina.