Coincidence?

Once again Calvin has drawn my attention to more fundamental issues. Issues that more than likely were once very important to us all but the years of stress and strain that come with daily life as an adult had squeezed from our daily consciousness. It started last night when I was tucking Cal into his bed. He told me of the nightmare he had had the night before and looked almost as if he was going to begin to cry. The dream- basically was about Nana and Papa cutting down all the trees and ruining nature and he couldn’t stop them. He said he was awoken from the nightmare by a single tear rolling down his cheek. If you believe in metaphors, Nana and Papa could be the generations before him and his frustration understandable, as he feels powerless to control the reckless actions of man. This morning I was sipping my coffee,(perked not auto dripped) frying bacon and watching the news. I watched a segment about Earth Week and what the College of the Atlantic was doing to celebrate the event. The college students spent a good portion of the day picking up trash along the highways. Given last night’s emotional outpouring by Cal that sounded just like the perfect project for the kids and me today. As I’m preparing this blog entry- MSN’s home page I see an article about Congress clearing the way for oil exploration and drilling in the Denali Park in Alaska, one of the Nations premier wildlife refuges- I think I may cry