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.

I wish I had a crystal ball and could peep into it to see you all happy and safe in a world that nourishes you and that is also nourished by you, a world where the resources it provides are as valued as the people in it and not frittered away by greed and power.

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

If there’s one thing young people have learned while quarantining, it’s that Gen Z holds so much power and is capable of a lot more than we think. We’ve created a community that has united us all and started to bring about change for the good of our futures. Now, with the help of Gen Z (and of course, people of all ages), we have the power to save our home, the Earth.

For the pale blue dot we live on, a precious beauty, I try to help.

The blue sky will no longer be grey, and the bleak clouds will be vibrant.

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

I hope that the fervor that is building continues to build and spread and that the world has made progress to minimize the effects of our past actions.

So, dear heart, I am doing everything I can as the situation worsens.

When the worst consequences of climate change still feel far away today, or the barriers to acting on climate change seem steep today, I do not think about today. I think about you, and your world when you are my age.