Over the past few weeks my grand daughters have been visiting me. One of the days that they were here included the annual community event. It had all the usual stuff, kids games, eating contests, chainsaw races, ax throwing competitions, lawnmower races, you know, the usual stuff. It also included litter all up and down the road. Since I live close to where the event was held the litter was quite evident. The day after the event my youngest grand daughter asked if we could walk my dog and while doing so pick up all the trash. How do you say no to that? So, on a walk we went. True to her mission every little piece of paper, vodka bottle, beer can, candy wrapper, or ponytail holder she saw she carefully picked up and put in the trash bag she was carrying. One time when she was picking up a particularly small piece of paper she looked up at me while holding the small piece of paper in her over sized gloves and said, "Grandma, we are helping the earth. I don't pick up the earth when I pick up the garbage because I don't want to hurt the earth. Am I right, Grandma?" There was only one way to answer that.
I love how my grand daughter intuitively understood how little thing that one person does can impact the world in which we all live.
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