I’m not allowed to talk about climate change around family; as my mom warned me, “climate change is not something that people think about in Mississippi.” But I’m worried for my family’s future.

I want you to see those corn fields in the north, the beautiful beaches down in Florida, and the stars in the woods at night.

It’s my hope that the following will be helpful as you navigate your futures.  These are the confessions of a climate activist:

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.

Maybe you heard about bats? Bats, the carriers of this disease that spread among us like wild fire. I love bats. When I was your age today, sitting in the evening on the back terrace of your grandparent’s home in Ibiza, hundreds of bats would play, dance and sing among the trees.

I am going to start doing better to have a healthier planet for you to live on.

I am smelling burning plastic!

My promise is to continue to dedicate my life, my business, and my future to creating cultures that embrace environmental action not only for our own good, but the good of the countless other species hurting from climate change.

We loved hiking, camping, biking, swimming and playing as kids together.