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|, G The South Marysburgh Mirror | | Mother's Day is in May and this is how Erma Bombeck would do things. If I Had My Life To Live Over Again, I Would - -go to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattem if I wasn't there for the day. -bum the pink candle sculptured like a rose before it melted in storage. -talk less and listen more. -invite friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained or the sofa faded. -eat the popcom in the "good" living room and worry less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fire- lace -take the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth. -never insist that the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed. -sit on the lawn with my children and not worry about grass stains. -cry and Iaugh Tess while watching television and more while watching life. -never buy anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil or was gauranteed to last a lifetime. -instead of wishing away 9 months of pregnancy, cherish every moment and realize that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle. - Submitted by Alice Miller Are You Green? ——Continued from page 5 ultimately pollutes wells, rivers and lakes. Out of sight, out HE LP S END of mind. We’ ve used this approach for years. Factories like L O C AL KID S Bakelite in Belleville were situated close to water to make it easier to dispose of manufacturing byproducts. We seemed to think if we flushed our sewage into streams that TO C AMP would carry it away then our troubles were over. Of course, flushers upstream of us thought the same thing. This business about being green ain’t easy. We’ve A now become accustomed to toting our own bags into the For over 40 years, South Bay United Church . grocery store to avoid the five cent fee for a grocery bag. Women, The Friendship Circle, the South Bay Unit- That is, if we can remember to get the bags out of the car. 1 | ed Church, and many private donors have contribut- can’t remember the number of times I’ve gone into the ed to a fund to help pay the way for South store, then turned around and walked back to the car, re- Marysburgh kids to attend Camp Quin-Mo-Lac, membering my bags only after I’ve entered the store. It’s | north of Belleville, for a week each summer. We try OK if the store charges me a nickel. But to hold the moral] to accumulate enough money to pay half the cost of high ground, if bring my own bags, they ought to give me } one week of camp for each child. Sometimes, be- a nickel for each bag of my own that I fill. Rather than that, | cause traditionally South Marysburgh people have corporate biggies smirk as the net profit rises. been seneri n afford to more than half ening is good and necessary for the environ- he gel This 2 we ‘h alto! f eh lore tha ment. I know that. I just don’t like having to pick up the the cost. This year, the cost o! r camp has risen, to mess that careless, selfish, thoughtless people leave on our $400.00 per week for each child. So, we are asking roads, saving a micro-cent by turing off the bathroom that you might think about making a donation for lights when I shower and I like even less witnessing organi- | this worthy cause. Any amount would help, the par- zations using “greening” as a profit lever. ents will thank you.For more information call Joyce Minaker, 613-476-4696 - George Underhill