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.

I hope that when we look back on these years,  you’ll see that humanity can be good. That we joined together and fixed it because of we don’t, who will?

I am witnessing climate change in a way that I do not like, and I do not know how can I stop it.

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

Rather than exploit it, destroy it, poison it, why don’t we just enhance the beauty of it, guard it, and love it?

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.

I am sitting in a classroom thinking about you. Which is rare for me. I hope that our family has taken some initiative to do something about changing society instead of building robots and large houses.

My own curiosity and knowing what a caring, aware young woman you are help me override despair.

Eu quero esse mundo melhor para você, onde o povo tem voz, seja lá quem você seja, eu vou fazer se tudo para proporcionar um mundo melhor para você.

You are growing up in a time of immense change. In the last two years alone, we’ve learned so much about big and important issues including climate change and the systemic racism that runs through our institutions.

There are so many more things that we can do together to help our Earth from the damage that has been done, and I am so excited to teach you.

My hope for you is that you can have equal experiences with nature that I was able to have with my dad.