Tender Moment

This morning I got up and got ready for church and then went to wake Tanner and Logan up to get them dressed. When I walked in their room, Tanner was kneeling by his bed. He looked up at me with a sad look and said "Mom, we need to say a prayer". I asked him what was wrong and he replied that he had lost "Cooper". Cooper is a little dog that he got in his McDonald's happy meal when he went to his friend Max's birthday party on Friday. Tanner LOVES dogs and therefore instantly attached himself to this little dog. Well, he went to bed with it last night and when he woke up he couldn't find it. So, together we knelt down and I listened to him say his prayer...

"Dear Heavenly Father, Please help me to find my dog Cooper...he's lost and I love him so much....(or something like that)...

As he was praying, I was silently saying my own prayer that we would quickly find his little dog and that this experience would teach him of the power of prayer and that he would know that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers.

Well, within a few minutes after his prayer we found Cooper who had fallen down between the bed and the wall. It may sound silly, but I got teary-eyed because I was so proud of him that his first reaction when there was something wrong was to pray. This was a sweet mothering moment for me today:)