Ella's Conversations with Jesus

After story time Ella likes to pray before she goes to sleep for the night. Her prayer went something like this: "Okay. Okay. Let me pray. Let me show you. I wanna do byself. Oh God. Thank you for runnin' and jumpin' and mixin' colors with me. Thanks for makin' me laugh real hard. You're funny. Thank you for my fama-lee and for my friends and for my toys and for my toothbrush too. And for my pee and poopie too. And thank you for Jesus and for some applesauce and for hidin' and seek and for playin'. Amen". I watched her as she clenched her hands together and closed her eyes. And every now and then I could see her eye give way to a peek, perhaps to see if I was still there, or if I was watching. And I was watching; and I was smiling; and I was grateful for my family, and for moments like these.