(Adaliah Joy after doing her own hair.)Adaliah and I were alone for her bed time routine tonight. Her routine consists of a closing hymn and prayer in the living room, followed by brushing teeth, and then she gets tucked into bed.
Adaliah insisted that both her princess pillow and her doll Alice join us for songs and prayers. Then she insisted that Alice play the piano for our hymn. She sat Alice on the bench to play and when we got done singing she applauded Alice for her wonderful performance.
After a few trys of trying to get Alice to knell for prayer she asked me for help. I knelt her doll next to us and encouraged Adaliah to say it so she could show Alice what a big girl she was.
This was Adaliahs little prayer:
Hevly Fader. Dank you for day. Dank you for food (long pause) and water. Grams coming morrow. Bess Jamie coming. Mama sick. (long pause) name a name a Desus Chris Amen.
It was a prayer from her little heart- and it melted mine. Her Grams is coming in the morning, I have been sick, her Aunt Jamie is staying at our house...and believe me...she is very thankful for her food. :)
After the prayer she jumped up and ran into the bathroom to get her teeth brushed, and that sweet moment had passed. One of my high school friends mothers used to always tell me over and over- "you're going to blink and you'll be a mother, then blink again and your kids will already be grown- it happens so fast". It's true. Life is flying by. I have to savor every last moment.
