To the Future,

Where is the Earth now? What does it look like? Have you learned to sustain your home? Maybe be you have and maybe you haven’t, but either way you should cherish the life you have. Perhaps you have looked back at the shore where you live from the water, or maybe even the planet from above. What did it look like? Did it feel right? It should, shouldn’t it? It is home, isn’t it?

Have you done what you can? Or have you stood by and watched? If you have just watched, start to do something and maybe lead others in doing. Especially if it feels like there is nothing you can do, because even then there is. You just need to start.

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Dear Great Grandchildren,

If you are reading this, you probably inherited my fascination with ancestry, and the way it uncovers incredible stories of unlikely survival.

Dear Alba:

There is still a lot of beauty and I will do what I can to keep it from slipping away.

Dear Daughter,

Even when contemplating huge global-historical issues — especially then — it’s important to stay grounded in the present time and place, the specific here and now, and the minute affairs of everyday interpersonal relations.

Happy 34th birthday my son.

To laugh at our efforts as they were on such a small scale, too small some would say to make a difference, and then smile when we think about the number families just like ours that did the same thing.

Dear Lalo,

I hope whatever happens, whatever I can’t imagine that you may face, that you will continue to seek light.

Dear Tomorrow,

I promise to go to the farmer’s market more

Dear Daughter,

I want you to be prepared for the world that the generations before you are creating for you. I love you Lucienne, and I will not give up. I will push you and teach you not to give up, either, even if others around you do.

To anyone who has heard my music,

I promise to care about the planet.

Querida Emanoely,

Gostaria que você se lembrasse das lições simples que mamãe e papai te ensinou, como cuidar das plantas e dos espaços coletivos.

To My Future Child(ren),

The fact that you are reading this means that you would know the answer to a question that has kept me up at night more often than I would like to admit: Did I make you proud?

Dear Eleanor,

It seems silly to saddle yourself with guilt for something that hasn’t happened yet. I don’t want to do that. As of today, I don’t really feel guilty. I guess I just want to make sure I keep doing more, so that when you read this, and ask what I’ve done since then, I can still feel good about my efforts.

Dear Madeline, Ava, and Harper,

What I wish most for you girls is that the care you have shown each other would extend to the big wide world around you.

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