An Innocent Prayer

Tonight has been hard.

Brian is out of town and the girls have been a mess. I am on my last nerve and have had a "not so mother of the year" night. I know that all mothers go through this but tonight seems harder. It is not all roses, right?!?!? I tip my hat to single mothers who have no one to "relieve" them.....they are incredible. I have been thinking....is there something that I need to do better to prevent nights like these.....

My answer came while putting Maddie to bed. This was her prayer:

Dear God,
Thank you for everything. Let us have a very good, good, good, day. Thank you for helping us watch a movie. (I ordered one on pay-per-view that she loved. :-)) And I know that you are always here. I love you. Amen.

The part that hit home in a very innocent way were her words...."And I know that you are always HERE." The night that I had tonight was all me. I did not rely on God for help but instead did it all on my own. I know in my heart that God is always here but did not acknowledge it. If I had, I might have handled these struggles better.

I had a hard night but tomorrow will be better. My answer came in Maddie's innocent prayer.