Lucie, I love you more than you could ever know and I hope that my promises help contribute to a better world for you and inspire you to take action as well as you grow into the amazing adult I know you will be.

We want your future family to enjoy the same beautiful places we enjoyed.

Dear tomorrow, thank you for letting me ride the wave of wonder that reaches toward you for all generations of all species to come.

Don’t stop looking for adventures.

When you look at me with those big beautiful eyes and that innocent smile, you make me want to fight harder. And I do.

My promise is to work to protest carbon emissions.

Be assured that in the upcoming election, I will cast my vote for your future – for elected officials that recognize climate risks and are willing to promote and vote for legislation that will stop environmental damage and begin to heal our planet.

We, in our time, still have the chance to change course. We have the knowledge and emergent means, even the profitable technologies, to do so.

We are fighting for a shared cause, inspired by our strong and unwavering dedication to preserve the beauty and wonder of our natural world for our children, our grandchildren and their children, and for countless generations to come.

As I write this, I consider giving up as it sometimes seems that all is lost. But then I think of you.