I have never been prouder of my lover and my wife than I was Saturday afternoon when we both marched in the March For Our Lives demonstration in our small town of Cambridge, N.Y., one of 800 demonstrations occurring in the country.

Nobody needs my views on gun control, people will can and will make up their own minds, but Maria and I wanted to support the articulate and passionate – and intensely patriotic – young people from all over the country who are asking us to help protect our children and force our representatives to do their jobs and undertake responsibility rather than the cowardice and greed so many have demonstrated on this issue.

To me, these kids are like a Tsunami gathering steam, they will change the history of gun violence in America, I have faith in them. Our country will never be right until we come together to fix this.

Maria took an old pellet gun molding in a drawer and a baby blanket and created a work of art that tied guns and children together. I was shocked by how many people were touched and amazed by this artwork and came up to praise her and take her picture.

I can’t imagine thinking as creatively as she did after the Parkland shootings in Florida, and I so love her quiet strength and dignity.

As someone who expresses himself only in words, I am sometimes in awe of artists who find other ways to make eloquent statements. Maria is intensely conflict-averse, she does not argue with people or hate people or tell them what to think. But people were blown away by her crochet gun and I got a powerful lesson in her great gifts and in the power of art to touch people.

Many people needs lots of words to express themselves, Maria uses her art.  This crocheted gun says it all without words. I was just blown away by the reaction of people in our town.

I think the age of argument and anger is slowly coming to an end, and the age of compassion and accomplishment is coming. Change is in the wind,I can smell it and feel it.  There is a great awakening. I am grateful to be around to see it, and as prophesied, the children will lead the way..

Maria has put postcards of her crochet gun sculpture up on her Etsy arts page. She is offering them for free to any students who want them (they cost $12 a pack for adults. You can see them here. Students can e-mail her (or parents on their behalf) at [email protected].

Maria was startled at the number of people who thanked her for her crochet gun sculpture, I was slow to get it when she made it, but I see women and mothers and teachers got it right away and were touched by it. My girl.