Olivia's Prayer

I was just writing this little journal entry in Olivia's journal and thought I would share:

Here is Olivia's Blessing on the food yesterday:

Olivia- "Dee Fa"

Me- "Were grateful for this day"

Olivia-"Day"

Me- "Were grateful for. . ."

Olivia- "Ketchup. . . (pause), food. . . (pause). . .chicken. . . (she was eating chicken nuggets, another pause). . .Jethuths (jesus). . .(pause). . .Dad. . .(pause). . . work. . . bike. . .packpack. . . Name, AMEN!"

Her little prayers melt my heart. Sweet little Liv really loves to pray. In fact, everytime she goes down for a nap or for the night, she can't be put down until we have said her prayers. For some reason she also thinks that it is necessary to pray every time we get done singing the song "I am a Child of God". She's such a great little example to us. I really enjoy her prayers now especially that after a little prompting she sort of takes the lead and I get to hear all of the little thoughts that have been roaming through her head.

Lately Jaron (i.e. Dad), work, his bike, and his "packpack" make it into every single one of Olivia's prayers. Every morning Olivia sees him put on his back back and jump on his bike and ride to work, and apparently it has really made an impression on her.

A few days ago when Jaron had just gotten back from riding his bike home in the dark, he showed Olivia his bike light. Sure enough in her prayer that night she said that she was grateful for "Dad", his "packpack", "work", and then she added at the very end his "light".