I’m going to share a secret with you all. I’ve had a number in mind when thinking about how many people I’d like to have participate in the Wallace Swamp Creek Park habitat restoration events that have happened this month and last. It’s been a different number each time. It’s really neither here nor there, because any number of people coming out is meaningful and matters. I would consider it a success – truly – if I worked alongside just one other community member to mend that space.
But get this. You all have exceeded my secret number both times – by a lot! You amaze and delight and give me so much hope! The work we are doing in Wallace Swamp Creek Park is habitat restoration, it is climate action, it is salmon recovery, it is community building, it is taking care of the land in our collective care, and it is so much more. When I see people showing up to do that work, I am really so gladdened and hopeful and genuinely happy. I wish I could let you all into my heart so you could see what is there instead of having to attempt words, which can feel so inadequate to convey what I want to here. But words are what I have, so:
To everyone who donated cardboard for the event today – THANK YOU. To everyone who came to the park to drop off cardboard or to lay that cardboard down and shovel, haul, dump, and spread wood chips – THANK YOU. Thank you for your concern, care, and active participation in our community. To those of you following along and asking questions and interacting with me here – THANK YOU. You are all so needed.
Until next time!