I challenge you to:

• Start on a creative project.  (Creative Beginnings Month)
• Can/preserve something – this is a good way to get a head-start on Christmas gifts!  (Gifts from the Garden Month; Preservation Month)
• Write down some of your personal history, to pass on to your children.  (Personal History Month)
• If your church doesn’t already do so, find out what it would take for them to offer a biblical parenting class.  Encourage young adults to attend even if they don’t have children yet! (Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents Month)
• Hug someone who doesn’t often get hugs.  (National Hug Holiday Week, 1-7)
• $ – Buy something from a work-at-home-mom.  (Work at Home Moms Week, 2-8)
• Honor one of your child’s teachers.  If you are your child’s only teacher, do something special for yourself.  (Teacher Appreciation Week, 2-8; National Teacher Day, 3)
• Take  a few minutes to enjoy the outdoors while meditating on the Word.  (Garden Meditation Day, 3)
• Avoid any complaining for a whole day!  (Great American Grump-Out, 4)
• Do something special for a military spouse.  (Military Spouse Appreciation Day, 6)
• $ – Buy something fair trade.  This might be a good start to your Christmas shopping.  (World Fair Trade Day, 7)
• If you use Facebook, find an old friend and make her a new Facebook friend.  (National New Friends, Old Friends Week, 15-21)
• Make plans to visit a relative you haven’t seen in a while.  (Visit Your Relatives Day, 18)
• Bless a neighbor.  (Neighbor Day, 22)

If they are on your list, this might be a good month to focus on these goals:

• Family or physical goals (Family Wellness Month; Physical Fitness and Sports Month)
• Mental goals (Mental Health Month)
• Drink more water.  (Drinking Water Week, 1-7)
• Make progress on your scrapbooks.  (National Scrapbooking Day, 7)

(What this is all about.)