Tuesday, May 4, 2010

My mother taught me how to pray.

I don't know how she taught me or when... but I'm so glad she did.

I pray out loud when I'm at home and in my head when I'm away.

When I'm home my prayers are usually something like,

"Dear Heavenly Father, PUH-LEASE help me to be patient with my children!!!"

OR...

"PUH-LEASE help me to make it through today!!!"

OR...

"PUH-LEASE HELP ME TO NOT GO CRAZY!!!"

(Yes, I am a frazzled, stressed out mommy.)

Though I pray in front of him all the time, I didn't think Drew really knew or understood what I was doing... until the other day.

I put him in his room and shut the door because he was being naughty.

He started to cry.

I went into my room to cool off and chill out a bit.

And then I heard his little voice pleading,

"Dear Heavenly Father, PUH-LEASE help Mommy to not be angry at me."

My heart melted.

I went back into his room and gave him a big hug and a kiss.

I'm glad he knows how to pray too.

5 comments:

Janae said...

Uh, MY heart melted. That is so awesome. I got all teary-eyed.

The Fallon Schank's said...

Nice tribute to your own mom. Prayer works! Yea, Mother's Day is coming up! I've got Lily, Easton, and Talon for 8 days. (BJ and Cami are in Cabo.) 'Sounds like you need to drop yours off too! They grow up far too quickly. You just have to take a step back, a deep breath, and enjoy!

EatRunWorkPlay said...

That made me teary-eyed too! I felt every word you said.
It's nice to know I'm not the only mom that goes crazy throughout the day!
You're a great mom!

LauraBro said...

oh melt MY heart--so cute!

travisrichardson said...

Ok that was just ridiculously cute. That little guy cracks me up.