Tonight at dinner after we said our dinner prayer my DS asked me if he could pray about anything he wants. I told him he could pray or thank God for all his blessings any time he wants to. As he's getting older he's understanding more and more what it means to pray and understanding the love God has for him. DS is 4.
The twins are currently smooshing their roasted potatos in a giant combinded pile and I just put DS in time out before dinner for taking a toy from his sister (it was the third warning), a cup of milk had already spilled (a daily occurance in our house) and I was preparing myself for the multitude of questions I knew my son was about to ask me.
He said in a very simple voice "Can I pray about you?" I was surprised "me?...Well sure of course you can."
My sweet, loving son who will never cease to amaze me clapsed his hands together in prayer and said:
"Dear God...thank you for giving me the best mommy ever....Amen."
He quietly picked up his fork, ate some of his porkchops and I sat there with tears in my eyes trying to choke them back. One of the girls then proceeded to dump a cup of milk on her head and still I sat there choking back this overwhelming emotion to get on my knees and weep, to thank the Lord for all the blessings I have in my life.
I don't know why I'm so weepy lately, I just feel the presences of my blessings so strongly and sometimes they overwhelm me...is that awful?
I said a silent prayer, cleaned up my daughter's who were grinning at me with milk and ketchup all over their faces and then kneeled down to my son and told him "I thank God every day for you and you fill my heart up with such joy..I am thankful for YOU."
He grinned at me and then paused..."Does this mean I can have some ice cream?"
Some of the most precious moments in my life have been recently, DS saying his prayers all on his own now and the twins starting to say their prayers (it's so cute hearing them attempt to say them), watching my babies talk more, watching my son play T-ball. I am so so grateful and cannot wait for my DH to be home to share these amazing moments with us again.
So....sorry this was so long I had just wanted to share this sweet moment with everyone but didn't realize I was going to write so much.
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