Dateline photographer’s gear today at the site KCSO insists is where much of the April 25, 2010 assault against Henry took place.
If you’ve noticed less blogging from me in the past week, the photo above explains why.
NBC’s Dateline has arrived in town (!!!) to begin their work investigating Henry’s case, and today I took time off from my job to help their folks locate several spots around Knoxville they want to to have their photographer shoot early on in the production process.
Getting emotionally and logistically ready for this big thing kicking off today has occupied me a whole lot this week, plus I am INSANELY busy at work with several fast track projects I’m involved in.
Plus, there have been a couple of new pieces of info to emerge in Henry’s case just since my return from Utah on Sunday night, and I’ve put some time into trying to fully understand those developments.
Last, I will be a guest on WBIR’s Inside Tennessee this Sunday morning, and we taped the show last night. (the topic was social media and political campaigns)
Basically, after 5 days of travel followed by a super intense week with work and Dateline and everything, I’ve just not been able to put fingers to keyboard at Mamapundit in the past few days as much as I usually do.
But I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth! (Not yet anyway…)
Hope that all of you are having a slightly less frazzled week.
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The KCSO fucked with the wrong woman.
Word.
I really can’t imagine how you do it all Katie!
Jennifer – Well, the reality is that I can’t keep at this pace forever. But I have work to do at this specific time in my life because of what happened to Henry, and I just have to put one foot in front of the other until it’s done. But this is definitely a marathon I’m running for now. But I know it won’t be this way forever.
Although it’s wonderful Henry’s story is finally getting the attention it deserves, I imagine traveling around town with that Dateline photographer has to be emotionally draining for you. Be good to yourself this weekend, Katie. I’m keeping you in my good thoughts.
Chrissy – You are spot on. I am actually going to write a blog post about that sometime in the next day or two – about how painful it is to keep needing to discuss the details of what happened to Henry again and again. No parent should be put in that position in order to make sure that justice is served.
-Katie
I’m so proud of you (and your siblings). Take care of yourself too. Lots of us love you.
KCSO thought they’d hush something up or “protect” someone, but instead they have a team of nationally recognized journalists looking into what they’ve done….and left undone.
Yes!!!
Katie ~ I know they can’t name a hard date when this will air, but have they given a general timeline of when we might expect to see it?
Kate, No one has told me when they expect it to air, and I have not asked that specific question (I will at some point).
But if I had to guess today, I’d say late spring or summer. Again, though, that’s just my own guess.
I can promise you that when I know, I will be shouting it from the rooftops trying to get people to watch.
-Katie
I worry about you. It seems you have been running a marathon for close to two years now, (not counting the stress of the years before losing Henry, when you were so worried about him every day; I know what that does to a person firsthand). I hope you don’t just keel over from exhaustion as some marathoners do. I know you get a lot of positive feedback in the form of “go katie”, “keep fighting mama” and I’m not trying to be a negative nellie here, but if you had one month left to live, would you be doing what you are doing now? The answer could very well be yes; of course it’s your call. It is something I ask myself when things are too overwhelming or I find myself with too many fires going at once. In the blink of an eye the trials will be coming up with all the emotion and time those will involve. I know you’re going to do what you want to anyway, but I just felt I should write this. Take good care.
Geri – I don’t see your feedback as negative at all, and I think your question is one I have to be thinking about all the time. Since the arrests and indictments in September, I am *much* less stressed and driven regarding Henry’s case. Although I still want to see homicide or manslaughter charges, I no longer have to rely on that happening in order for these people to serve jail time. Now they will definitely go to prison for some period of time, and while the charges are not specific to Henry, they each know very well that if they had not killed my son, the investigation that resulted in the charges they are facing would not have happened. They are going to prison as a direct consequence of what they did to my son, and they know it.So now, while there are bursts of activity around Henry’s case – like this week – it’s not 24/7
oh good. I really have no idea what your day to day life is like anyway, so after I sent this I questioned whether it was overstepping to have sent it at all. I am glad you didn’t see it negatively
it is just all so incredibly hard, losing a child, and as someone said earlier, I was thinking when I read that you were taking Dateline around to the areas where Henry was beaten, etc. how incredibly difficult that must have been for you. I am glad this is a temporary buzz of activity and that things aren’t like this all the time. thanks for writing back.
Katie…I will be praying for you that God will give you ALL the strength, stamina, and focus to see this through! Henry is proud of you!
Go Katie, GO!!! Make sure you don’t run yourself into the ground. We are all behind pulling for you to get justice for Henry = )
Good luck, sweetie, I’m glad things are going your way for a change.
I’m giving you high fives from a far! They effed with the wrong mama indeed!
I’m giving you high fives from a far! They effed with the wrong mama indeed!
OOOH, they had no idea…
I have spent the last few days reading your entire blog, at least 3/4 of it pertaining your beautiful boy Henry. Love your strength! Keep fighting the good fight for your boy. I for one cannot wait for Dateline to show it.
The idiots that allowed Henry to be hurt and dying should be shot! Asshats!
Will continue to read and pray that with 2 “little” ones and 2 older ones you keep fighting. Hugs to you Mama!