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.

Its been heavy on my shoulders since I found out about the state of climate woes as a child.

We need to rethink our consumption habits in order to reduce the impacts on the environment.

We can all be aware and sensitized to the problem, so that we are ready to embrace the solutions that will come our way. In doing so, we can all be part of the solution.

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

So today, my strong and spunky girl, I promise you this: I will stay vigilant and flexible. I will spread the word.

I will keep the air clean so everyone can see the sunset.

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.

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.