Dinner Time Prayer

Tonight I had a very special moment as a mom and a believer.

Rory has been learning how to pray at bedtime and mentions all of the things from his day that he can think of to thank God for.

Tonight, Maggie nominated him to pray before we ate. He's never had the opportunity to do that before and acted honored to be chosen for the coveted nightly task.

He squeezed his eyes shut.

Clasped his hands tight...

then, began...

"tank you God for today,
tank you God for food,
[his voice breaks a little and he gets this very serious tone]
for mom,
for dad,
for maggs,
for penny [our dog],
[then there was something in audible about us going
and getting new tires put on my car today],
love you God, AMEN!"

I was flooded with visions of him as a grown man leading his family in their dinner time prayer and the next thing I knew, I was crying. What a precious memory I will always treasure of my little man's first prayer at dinner.

Thank you, God, for Rory.


This moment was immediately followed by Casey laughing and telling Rory that he could ask Mommy for anything he wanted and he'd probably get it.

He didn't miss a beat and said, "Mom, can I have candy corn?"