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

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.

I hope, as your father, I’ve done enough to instill within you how science is a wonderful adventure.

Tonight at bedtime, you asked, seemingly out of nowhere, “why are the glaciers disappearing?”

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

We’re moving into uncertain times, and your dad and I worry. A lot. But you’re keeping us going. You’re pushing us to make better choices and not give up.

I don’t regret my past ventures, nor do I believe I will regret my future ventures, but I’ve learned that I’ve needed to manifest these experiences into actions of sustainable development and conservation and protection of our environment.

Who knows what the future would look like? or what will happened in the future? No one knows right? That’s why it it’s scary because we don’t know what lies ahead. We couldn’t stop the future but we can always change it.

I tried.