My grandson has been excited to create video stories during our road trip. He has a whole vision of doing a segment in almost every state we drive through. The series would be named, appropriately, “State Stories.” He even set up a YouTube channel for the collection. Yesterday as we explored little towns near Mount Rushmore, he came across a co-op artist gallery. He thought that looked like it would offer just what he was looking for. They were closed at that time, so we went back this morning, just in time for opening. My grandson introduced himself to the artist who was working the gallery and explained that he was interested in doing a video of the shop. The gentleman agreed and even offered to call other artists to come and participate. We left and returned to the store in the afternoon. We met 2 other artists who, along with the first gentleman, took the time to do an interview with my grandson. They were all very friendly, creative, and interesting. My grandson was thrilled to get a story that met the criteria he had been looking for. I was very proud as I watched him in his element. He was very courteous, professional, and comfortable doing what he loved to do.

I Found God today in my maturing grandson.