The blue sky will no longer be grey, and the bleak clouds will be vibrant.

My mistake was thinking I needed to give you more to be a good Mom. Recently your aunt asked me what my favorite toy was growing up. I gulped, I didn’t have one- it was the outdoors, sliding down a ravine of leaves with my Dad, skiing and camping. Today is October 12th, 2021 and I am still going to be giving you a lot, it’s going to look a little different – love, experiences, education and a healthy planet.

I’ll be here to tell you all the ways I have fought for the health of our home, and fought to protect all of the wide, open spaces for you to run in. When you’re old enough, we can fight together.

Your path will only be as clear tomorrow as we have made it for you today.

I promise to wholeheartedly live my life with an awareness of my personal impact on our communities and our planet.

Please know that I have tried very hard to be one of those people, to even make the smallest of changes in order to improve the world for you and your future.

As a minister, I have preached that we are here to be of service to others and to be care takers of this wonderful planet that God has given us.

My promise is to work to protest carbon emissions.

If we work together to spread the awareness of what is occurring today, we will be able to prevent it from continuing into the tomorrow.

I want you to continue to enjoy bright, beautiful, blue skies, gigantic shady trees, chirping birds, scampering squirrels, sparkling creeks and all that this amazing world has to offer!