Dear Earth,

Today is your birthday and I am glad that you reach this period even though many
events happened in these past years. You’re really improving yourself by having a
new species, environment, and having a new formation of the continents. We’re
happy for having you. Because of you, we’re here in this world.

I could still remember the time when you’re still in Jurassic period. It is the middle
period of Mesozoic era. In this period, many species of reptiles were born. Climates
world-wide were equable, creating forests of conifers and ferns; dinosaurs were
abundant, birds evolved, and limestones and iron ores were deposited. Those are just
some of the things/events you have in that period.

After the Jurassic period, tertiary period was the next. It began unceremonious when a
meteorite slammed into you, and it leads to a mass extinction that wiped out about
75% of all species in you, and it ends the reptile-dominant cretaceous period and
Mesozoic period.

But look at you know. You have reached this tertiary period. . Even though tertiary
started with a biosphere in ruins, it recovered. And I am very thankful that you reach
this period because mammals were born. Where mammals took over all the ecological
niches left vacant by the extinction of the dinosaurs, and became the prevalent land
animals. And where the continents took on their present positions, and climatic and
vegetation zones as we know them became established. Tertiary began hot and humid
but it ended in an ice age.

I’m happy and so proud that you are constantly growing. And we are thankful because
as you grow, we, the humans were born. Thank you for your colors, the Disney green
of the plants, the deep blue of the sky, the austere of the white clouds, and the
attractive color of the sunset and sunrise. Thank you for your plants because they
sustain us with foods, they are our medicines to heal our bodies, they became wood
for our shelter, and raw material for clothing. And thank you for your animals,
because they became our companion, they show us love, and they teach us how to
play and live close to you.

Today, the flowers are bloomier, the sun is sunnier, and life is awesomer __ all
because it’s your birthday!!