Happy Earth Day!

Anyone who knows me well enough knows the great love I have for my K-3rd grade school in Lexington, Ky: Providence Montessori.

But no day reminds me more of how much I loved that school than Earth Day.

I remember preparing projects every year to present to other students and families on Earth Day. One year it was on roots, so I had carrots and potatoes as props. One year it was on love birds (yes, love birds legitimately exist). Another year I studied dolphins and whales (and proceeded to think I would be a marine biologist one day... oh, how young & naive I was :) )

Then we would always have a great outdoor picnic and carnival, followed by a sleep over with my 3 best friends. It was simple bliss.

Ever since then I've missed doing special things on April 22. But today was a pretty good 'grown up' celebration of the day. We had the first ever farmer's market on campus, there was the Missouri Energy Summit going on at Jesse Hall, people for STAND and Jewish organizations were demonstrating and informing people on genocide, intense advertisement was going on for tonight's Crossroads event (featuring Jon McLaughlin!). It was just a great example of community (as Jonathan put it) and uniting on a lot of different fronts for important world issues, both about the direct earth and those who live on it.

So yay for the earth, for God's beautiful and artistic creation.