Dear Mother Earth, today, I did not do so well. When I woke up, got out of bed and went about my morning rituals, I ran the water too long for my shower, used all sorts of products that I have no idea what was in it, and it is now making its way into our water supply.
Forgive me Mother Earth as I forgot to turn the water off while brushing my teeth. We had a dinner to go to so I made deviled eggs, creamed corn, and a Cottage Cheese/Jello salad. The eggs were bought from the store and probably came from a mass chicken farm, the ingredients for the corn were all canned or frozen, and there were at least 3 wasteful plastic containers, a bag and two cans that I threw away.
No, I take that back, I did dig them back out to rinse them with the thought that I would start recycling as of today. The cottage cheese was probably full of some type of environmental hormones that were not labeled on the container, and the jello is definitely not real food, nor was the Cool Whip and there were two more containers of plastic.
I did continue to refill my water thermos that I have been using so I didn't waste any red solo cups, but well Mother Earth, I know I let you down today. But, Mother Earth, we had the dinner at my sister's house and she recycles really well, so I know that she will separate out all the paper and plastics we used from the trash and she will do for you what I did not today. But, I used the 409 spray on my cabinets to clean them after I cooked today and forgot that there were chemicals that should not be used in it.
Dear Mother Earth you are so precious to me and my awareness of the poisons and toxins we expel at you every day is at an all time high. I know the goals I wish to reach which are making my life healthier and happier and that of my family and my community. Now I need guidance and help to achieve these goals by silencing the enemy that is killing us.
I love my world and want to do right by you. Please send the reinforcements to lend a hand. Good Night Mother Earth and I will try to do better tomorrow.
I really enjoy your honesty in this blog. However, I did not do as well as I should have with my recycling today either. It is imperative that we all change our way of thinking to make Earth our priority.
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