Today was the big "ASU Language Fair Field Trip", the teacher that resides over our humble Amnesty Club must have thought that no one would show up- considering over half of the sophomore class was gone today. However, I still have a story for you this week and it made me feel decidedly better about my seemingly nonexistent influence. My mother was conversing with a coworker and the woman (whom we shall call Sue, for the sake of my sanity, fingers, and the fact that I never actually learned her name) mentioned that her teenage daughter and herself take SUPER long showers, until the hot water runs out. Now, living in the desert- hot water is NOT hard to come by, so this is a feat in itself. As my mom told me this, I could feel my blood pressure rising. So my mother- who knows me exceedingly well- brought up to Sue that I would have been appalled. "Why?" asked Sue. "Because there is a water crisis," said my mother, and they spent almost twenty minutes talking about it. Sue hadn't even known there had been a water crisis! Then she did a remarkable thing, Sue asked what she could do to help- and when I heard that it brought a smile to my face. But at the end of their conversation, Sue told my mother, "Tell your daughter that she is making a difference." And that is the most amazing thing- because it is the true reason I am doing this. Not for the grade, or anything else- but because I live everyday with agonizing pain over the future of humanity. I live everyday thinking about water. I scowl every time I see a plastic water bottle. I cried in school one day because I found out that my school doesn't recycle- even though I had thought they had. But in Sue telling me that I was making a difference and in asking about what she could do and my mother telling her to watch "Last Call at the Oasis"...I found a little hope. I admit that I'm becoming a bit hopeless when I think of humanity- and completely depressed when I think of the future. But maybe, just maybe, this proves that humanity might have a shot at redemption- be we are going to need A LOT more Sue's in the world.
Bye,
Sea
Bye,
Sea