Stacey is a Princess, she really has taught me a lot about self-esteem and self respect. She carries herself with confidence and pride. She is one of those bright people that other people are immediately attracted to. When we work together, she literally steals the show with her personality. Simply put, she is amazing.
However, the amazing-ness that is Stacey, doesn't end there... She is a wonderful parent. One night while working together we were "closing up shop" and while gathering the garbage Stacey makes a comment about recycling it. (A woman after my own heart.) I mention to her that our work has a recycling program for cardboard that was recently announced and implemented, however they have yet to refine their recycling to more than just cardboard products unfortunately. Upon hearing this, Stacey is saddened and the look on her face is an upset look. I had never seen her look down before this. Stacey insists on going through the garbage and taking pieces of it home with her to recycle rather than throwing them in with the rest of the garbage. I am intrigued.
We make conversation about recycling and the importance of it. Preaching to the choir, I tell her... and also make reference that she might want to check out my blog. She is surprised that I write about recycling, I explain to her that I write about everything. ;) Recycling is very important to me though, so of course I write about it. I am a huge supporter of everything Green and proud of it! Admittedly, I feel a little ashamed that I hadn't been stealing garbage to recycle it before Stacey did it.
In conversation, Stacey mentions a trip her family went on to California. She said while they were driving they noticed all the garbage along the highway and it sickened her and her children. She said that her children wanted to stop and pick up garbage along the road. My heart literally melted. Stacey has two sons, neither of which is very old, so to hear that they are so responsible already just makes me want to cry tears of joy that someone is raising their children correctly. (Not trying to imply that everyone else is doing it wrong, by any means.) Stacey told me that California is a lovely place to visit, but they need to take better care of their highway system when it comes to litter.
Stacey mentioned that she had spoken to a person she knew who works with the correction system about having inmates clean up the highways like many other states do, and the response she got in return was that gang activity is so high in California that if the inmates were to do anything out in public, they would be murdered. So there is no answer to the litter issue at the moment, other than volunteers willing to risk their lives to clean up the mess.
The reason why I felt the need to write about this wonderful woman is because she is doing exactly what I would do, if I had children. She is passing along the correct information to her kids that they are just as responsible for keeping where we live nice. Her children now have the knowledge that things don't just magically happen, you have to make them happen. By teaching her children the importance of recycling she is handing down something greater than just knowledge. She is giving us all hope through her growing children that someday this planet will be a better place to live in. Thank you Stacey for your amazing-ness! You Rock!
