Dearest Little One,
The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hit 150 at 9 pm today, Little One. The haze is back. This haze is caused by the ash and such that is stuck in the air. The ash is from parts of Indonesia. Many plantations and farms are burning the vegetation on their land to clear it so that they can grow other kinds of crops. There are other methods to clear the land but burning it up seems to be the cheapest way. It is very terrible as breathing in this kind of air can pollute our lungs and make us unwell – especially for little baby lungs like what you have. These people do not care that they are slowly killing themselves or that people in other countries have to suffer for their callousness. Papa and Mama are very frustrated with the people responsible for causing this every year and the authorities in charge who do not do anything useful about it. In fact, they don’t seem to want to do anything practical about it except make silly comments about how we should thank them for the rest of the year because the trees they had just burnt down had been producing oxygen then.
We are especially frustrated now because we have you. When this first hit us badly back in 1997, Papa was made to exercise in the open as he still had his reservist liabilities. Papa was worried for himself but not terribly so as Papa is usually quite healthy. However, now that we have you, Papa is very angry with the people who do such things as the air can cause quite severe damage to you. That’s why Papa and Mama are very careful about bringing you out during this period of time. We continue to pray that the haze will go away quickly so that you will not suffer anything permanent from this.
We love you, Skyler. Remember that you must not deliberately harm God’s green earth, ok?
Papa and Mama
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