Tuesday, March 16, 2010

An Apology to my 10 year old Daughter

Dear M,
I'm so sorry to drag you out on the weekends when you'd rather be home.

It's just I want you to get outside. We've got so little land left here in the Silicon Valley to appreciate. Those sprawling dusty ranches and blooming orchards that I once took for granted are no longer.

And so, while your peers are glued to their iPhones or Wii, I want you to lift up that beautiful face of yours and marvel at the wildflowers and bobcats and deer that hang out in any of our few open space preserve parks.

I'm sure one day you will thank me.

1 comment:

A Modern Mother said...

Oh dear, is that what I have to look forward to next year??? (mine daughter is 8). We've been here a couple days and the love being outside. That's what being in freezing temps all winter will do to you. Think I'm going to check out that park.