Life can get pretty busy and at my house, it seems family dinners, where we all sit and eat together, are happening fewer and farther between.

When we do have that time I want to spend it making memories – having family fun! Enter plan OREO.

Today is our primary program. One day a year in our church the children help put on the church services – singing songs and sharing what they have learned that year. I am the children’s choir director and we have been preparing for this day all year. The kids will be fabulous! (And we’ll all be glad when it’s over.)

This year my 8-year-old is going to get up and confidently say his part with no hesitation, “When I repent I can be forgiven”. It wasn’t always that way.

Anxiety in children is a common struggle.

Fall is upon us and in the part of Idaho where I live that means cooler days, colored leaves twirling towards the ground, and holidays times fast approaching.

This semester I taught a teen writing class in our local family co-op. A few of the kids in the class liked writing, some were on nodding-acquaintance with writing, and one refused to do any writing unless absolutely necessary.

A teen writing group seemed like the perfect choice.

We would explore writing and hopefully, all would go away encouraged and liking writing – at least a little bit more.