mommy going green

Kaitlyn and I were brushing teeth the other day, I left water running while brushing my teeth. She told me I need to turn off the water, do not waste it, because many people living on the earth have no food or water.

I looked at her and said I totally agreed. Umm, the things we taught her are now being used back on us. I'm glad stuff we taught her actually stay in her mind, but any side effects down the road?

She is right, even though we don't purposely waste stuff, but resource in this country is so abundant that we don't think about conservation in a lot of times. We shopped at HEB the other day, I thought about buying those recycle shopping bags, but had second thoughts, what if I go to Kroger, do I still use HEB bags? And does that mean I should wash them every time coming back from grocery shopping? Will I remember to bring them every time when I go to grocery? Or is it just looks trendy to carry green shopping bags?

I remember, when I was little, my parents used to bring couple grocery bags to the market. As economic grows, more and more plastic bags are offered at the markets. We thought that's so convenient, and it's a sign of better life. Now, we're going back to the old times, eating food that used to be considered "low class", using reusable bags instead of plastic bags, driving less polluted smaller cars, looking forward to the opportunities go out to the nature... isn't it ironic? But, hey, we're in Texas, where things are the bigger the better, haha... Maybe this is the way our universe is rebalance itself, and human being are changing behaviors to adapt the change.