Answered Prayers

I remember when my friend Tiffany called to tell me her daughter Faith knew who Jesus Christ was, we were both so excited. This last week McKenna has taken several tumbles which has resulted in several bruises a scratched up knee. One night after a particularly bad fall at the clinic leaving a rug burn (*ouch*) we prayed that her knee would get "all better." The next morning she woke up looked at her knee and declared it "all better" and then proceeded to verbally and in sign language thank Heavenly Father. This touched my heart as I really do want my kids to know and recognize answered prayers. What caught me off guard was when she did the same thing one evening that the sun was still out and again last night she when she discovered a few healed 'owies.' There's a line from "Hope Floats" that I love, where the Grandmother declares, "oh my cup overfloweth" or something quite close to.


I had another happy and proud moment yesterday with McKenna as we were eating our Ramen Noodles, which is our annual Sunday after church "quick" lunch. John asked McKenna what she learned in Primary.that day and before I could pipe right in and remind her of the topic she surprised me by telling him "temples." He went on to ask her a few more questions to which she thought carefully about while she stared into her noodles and then kind of answered... To me as her mother and with the last meeting with her teachers still fresh in my mind gave me hope. She does remember things and she is learning, evidence to me of an answer to my prayers!