Thank you God, for the joy, wonder and laughter of children. We are blessed when we get to see the young people around us thrive and follow their dreams. Seeing them when they perform in the shows in which they act and when they work hard at sports, is an incredible gift. May the teachers, coaches, parents and friends who are a part of their formation continue to feed the interests and help them to grow into who you would have them become. Help us to challenge them enough that they move beyond the limitations they have placed upon themselves and do greater things than they can ask or imagine. All this we ask in the one who called us to see life through the eyes of a child. Amen