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

When I asked you why the purple Violet called to you, you told me it was “magic”. I hope that you can still find the magic of life. I hope, despite everything, it is still in abundance.

I am scared of the things happening right now with our planet.

As I write this, I consider giving up as it sometimes seems that all is lost. But then I think of you.

I know I need to write this to you, and I don’t want to because it makes me so sad. I have been desperately avoiding my feelings about climate change, for many years, but especially and with greater intensity every year since you were born.

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

I will do my part to help ensure that there is an Earth left when we are done borrowing it.

I feel deeply that it is my moral obligation as your Mom to protect your future and allow you to inherit a clean and healthy planet.

I will work everyday to combat climate change for your today, for your tomorrow!

Awareness is key. Learning about this issue can seem like a small effort compared to other actions, but it’s the most important.

I promise those who walked the Earth before me and those who will walk the Earth after me that I will not stand by and let nature slip through my fingers.

To save the big world, perhaps, we should change the mind from myself to my small family to my community.