For a complete overview and information on Family Week click here.

Joan Didion wrote that "we are well-advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be" and in this writing workshop we'll do just that. We’ll explore our past selves and allow them to collide on the page with the people we are today. Through that process, we'll reacquaint ourselves with the fires we've walked through and how we've come out the other side. We'll also use the questions "What if?" and "What now?" to push and prod us to deepen our stories.

Whether you are new to writing or have a manuscript you’ve been chipping away at, magic happens under Ruthie Ackerman's guidance and the support of a tight-knit writing community.

Through generative exercises, readings, giving and getting feedback, and writing, writing, writing, we unlock our creative brains, take out our shovels, and dig into the mess and muck at the heart our stories. We leave with the nuts and bolts of a draft in place and the building blocks for a sustainable writing flow once at home.

There is something for everyone at Family Week.

• Workshops for the grownups that teach skills or help you relax or give you a renewed sense of purpose. The schedule is more flexible than at other times so that the most important people in the world—parents—can get a well-deserved rest.
• And for the kids there are camps that engage their body, mind, and spirit, get them outside on our beautiful campus, help them make friends, and instill the values of cooperation, compassion, and joyful living.

Adult Workshops meet each morning from 9:30 a.m.–Noon, and Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday from 2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. On Thursday afternoon from 2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m., take time off to relax or enjoy a Dabblers Delights—classes in music, dance, wellness, yoga, and more, led by workshop teachers and special guests.

Kids Camps meet every morning from 9:00 a.m.–Noon, and every afternoon from 2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

In the evenings, everyone gathers for family entertainment.

Please note: If you don't have children you may participate in this program, but be advised almost 200 children are on campus, and services and schedules are geared for children and families.

For a complete overview and information on Family Week click here.

Please call Omega at 877.944.2002 to inquire about Family Week campus accommodations and rates.