
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">Dearest Future Grandchild</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I wanted to tell you<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">that early on</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I drove an electric car</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I carefully carried out the dishwater </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">to pour on my herbs and strawberries</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">and I rode my old bicycle often</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">and quit flying on airplanes.<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I wanted to tell you<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">that I lived with other people</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">in smaller houses and shared resources</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">and we created our own currency and flew</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">the earth flag at the very top in the town square.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I wanted to tell you<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">that I knew, </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">that we all knew</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">what was happening</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">to our climate </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">about the immeasurable destruction</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">and so we held funerals for the whales<br class="">whose bodies washed ashore</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">we stopped buying plastic and quit eating meat<br class="">we collected rain water</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">and grew enough food for the neighbors<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I wanted to tell you</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">that we did all of those things,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">but truth was</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">we didn’t do them,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">hardly any of them,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">well </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">Instead</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">we learned to talk with plants</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">and danced in the forests</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">we prayed to the giant redwoods</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">and they taught us real things</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">about justice and grief</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">and change </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">We swam naked in the cold ocean</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">like mermaids, all of us singing</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">then we cried for species loss, then</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">laughed in delight when</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">dolphins swam just off shore</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">as if THEY were cheering for US!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">And I sang to you little one</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">we all sang to you</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">making offerings for your safe arrival</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">on this spinning blue miracle of a planet</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">but mostly<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I wanted to tell you<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">that ALL of those things</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">ALL of it<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">made a difference. <br class=""></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span>- Kristy Hellum</font></div></div></div></div></body></html>