"Here's my Vote!"

On our way to the caucus meetings last week Bracken asked where we were going. We told him we were going to the caucus meeting to vote. "Why?" "Because Heavenly Father wants us to vote so we can help keep our freedom." He was very interested in this idea. He spent most of the caucus meeting running up and down the hallway and playing with his little sister, but when it was time to vote he was right next to us, wanting to vote too. He wanted to scribble on our ballots, and then take our ballots to the lady gathering the votes. Each time he took our ballots to her he proudly said, "Here's my vote!"

The next day when we were ready to read scriptures Bracken said, "Mom, let's act out when the kingmen and freemen voted." He needed pieces of paper and two bowls to put them in. He took each of his animals in turn and asked, "Who are you going to vote for?" then he talked in a higher voice and said something like, "I want to vote for right, I want the freemen." or every once in a while he'd say in a deep, mean voice, "I want power, I vote for the kingmen." Then Bracken would write their vote down on the piece of paper and help them put their ballot in the appropriate bowl. After all his animals cast their vote he had me help him dump them out and count them. The freemen won every time.

I hope he always takes the opportunity to "vote for right."