Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

I've been saying the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep prayer at bedtime with Ella for a long time. We started adding other prayers to the end of it last year when Grandmother's little dog, Sissy, had to have multi-mastectomy surgery and Ella was very worried about her. Some nights we barely make it through Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, and some nights she has a long list of people and animals for which she wants me to pray. Any time she is worried about something or doesn't feel well, I pray about it for her.

She recently started saying Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep with me. I say it and she repeats it, just like my parents did with me. Tonight, for the first time, she decided to say her own prayer all by herself. It went like this.

"Dear God" (Sideways look at me to see if she was doing it right. I answered with a nod.) "thank you for ...me." (Another glance at me for affirmation.) "Thank you making me feel better. God bless everyone. Amen."

I won't lie; I teared up about it.

The H. Luke Update
H. Luke is on the move. He rolls over as soon as we lay him down, and he inchworm scoots around the floor to get to his toys. He's been getting up on his knees, too. He also moves the walker all around Grandmother's dining room. All in all, he's been way too busy to nap during the day and he cannot nurse in a room full of people and noise right now because he might miss something. And he's growing. I hear they do that when you feed them, and feed him I have. He nursed around the clock over the weekend and I swear he woke up heavier and longer the next day. And he left me hungrier. I could not get enough to eat for two days.  Now he's just busy learning how to be mobile.