Welcome~

Hello and welcome to my blog.

I am here to voice some thoughts from my own perspective on the world as a young new mother. Now that I have an amazing child to raise and send out into the world, the things that I worried about before have become even more real to me. The picture just became so much bigger now that I have generations in the future that I am responsible for. I am not worried about my girl scraping her knee or bumping her head as she grows up. I am worried about my girl struggling like I do to find good and affordable health insurance while she is raising her children, I worry about my future grandchildrens' quality of life as we deplete the ozone layer, as the polar icecaps melt, as we continue recklessly and selfishly gobbling up the resources of the earth, and I worry for my daughter's future in America when, as a culture our children are raised by television and computers, junk food and slovenness. I worry that my daughter will fall prey to the wide-spread illusions that people believe as reality about beauty and worth, money and power.

I am a concerned mother who is taking an opportunity to speak out against the problems that I see unfolding like a ground-cover around our feet. Some people find the foliage to be lovely while I notice it wrapping our ankles, feet, and legs, essentially trapping us in our footsteps toward the future.

If you are concerned about these things too, this is the place for you to tune in and gather strength in knowing that although it feels like it, you are not alone! There are other concerned people out here trying to make a difference too.

This blog will basically diary my journey-- all of our journeys-- into that future as our feet get heavier...

I hope to stir your mind. I hope to stir the pot.