‘Mom, can we heat the hot tub? My friends are coming over.‘ I said yes at once. And then, almost in the same breath, this whole monologue in my head. ‘Not exactly green. Big time indulgence. Didn’t I go through all those carbon calculators this morning? But then I want to please her, there is no way I am going to say no. I am tired of setting limits. Tonight, I want to be Nice Mommy. The hell with global warming. Plus a couple hours of hot tub are not going to make a difference.’ I can hear Green Guru’s admonitions, ‘You are being a hypocrite. You are all talk. You say you want to be green, but look at you, you can’t say no to her.’ I hear, I know, and there is no way I am not going to be sweet. I bask in the moment. The sound of four girls laughing, talking, in the hot tub.
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Sortof doesn’t make sense to “have” a hot tub if your not going to use it, and if you chose to never use it again because of green-ness what could you do with it ? Turn it into a planter??
I cringe a bit at the difference between my mommy green thoughts or torments and my daughter, like gee honey you just wasted…
we all have to find our own way
I can only be an example
how old is your daugher?
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They are teenagers . . .
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