Marcus and I went to the Priesthood Session of General Conference together for the first time yesterday.  I have been looking forward to doing this for a long time--at least six years, since that is the gap between him and Anthony, who I haven't been able to take because, being severely low-functioning autistic, he would neither get anything out of it--as far as I can tell--nor would he likely allow me to sit through the entire session, and maybe not even a little of it.  So I told Marcus as we started watching the conference how glad I was to finally get to go with him, and he seemed pleased with that.

Most Priesthood sessions are pretty good, and this one was no different.  In particular, there is always one talk in the first hour directed specifically at the young men, and yesterday's was about how we spend our time, particularly with regard to the Internet.  This just happens to be a huge issue for Marcus, and one we as parents are constantly talking about.  As we listened, I remembered how I have been inspired over time by listening to and reading the words of others who are trying to live correctly, and I am grateful now that our kids as well will be able to hear ideas besides those of their parents to also help motivate them to be better people.