09/30/2025
Let’s address the accusations that Erika Kirk isn’t acting the way a grieving widow should.
First, for those who are easily triggered by anyone suggesting logical alternatives to internet investigations, let me be clear:
Never stop digging. Investigate every angle. Question every narrative. Clearly, the agencies we fund with our tax dollars aren’t doing their jobs. If we’re ever going to know the truth, it will be because we the people uncovered it.
Like most Americans, I don’t buy the official story about the murder of Charlie Kirk. That said, I want to offer a perspective on Erika Kirk’s unusual actions since her husband’s death.
Yes, I’ve found some of Erik’s choices and behavior unusual. But after what I experienced just three months ago, I’ve learned not to jump to conclusions about how someone should grieve.
On July 5th, a family friend — 17-year-old Malaya — was swept away by raging floodwaters in Central Texas.
Alongside her mother, father, younger sister, and brother, we searched day and night. On the third day, we found Malaya’s body on the riverbank.
Within hours, her entire family waded into that river to make peace with the water. They held each other, prayed, cried, singing Christian hymns and occasionally saying out loud, “God is good.”
I have never witnessed a more compelling argument for Christian ethics than that.
They were hurting but they weren’t angry. They weren’t in denial. They weren’t performing. They were living their faith.
And it was their faith that pulled them gracefully through one of the worst tragedies a human being can face.
On that very day, Malaya’s father, Matthew, looked me in the eyes and said, “I’m done playing it safe. In honor of my daughter, I’m going to step out and do the work I came here to do.”
Almost immediately, Matthew and his family began giving interviews and traveling the country to share their story of faith and indestructible love.
They’ve become way-showers — not only within our local community, but far beyond it.
They’re living proof that it’s possible to fully feel the heart-wrenching pain of loss, and transmute that pain into right action and selfless service.
Is that what’s moving through Erika Kirk? I sure hope so. Until there’s solid evidence to the contrary, I’ll extend to her the respect and compassion every grieving widow deserves.
