Prayer for Great Grandma

My 94-year-old grandma is in the hospital again!  Nothing serious -- she is often there for one thing or another and then quickly (as in the usual 12-hour ER visit quickly) sent home.  Abby came in and saw my phone and said she wanted to talk to Grandma.  I said, "She's in the hospital with Great Grandma.  Great Grandma is sick."  Abby said she wanted to talk to Great Grandma.  So we called, and Abby got to talk to both of them.

Then Great Grandma started to cough.  Abby immediately said, "You okay, gate gamma?"  She told Abby that yes, she was okay, just had some things in her lungs.  Then Grandma asked Abby to sing Great Grandma a song.  Abby sang "I Love to See the Temple" - then immediately she started to whisper a prayer and then said, "Prayer, Great Grandma?"  Both grandmas said okay and Abby said her usual prayer - "Heavenly Father, thank-oo this day; thank-oo me famee, please bless" and then I cut her off and told her to bless Great Grandma to get better, and she did, and she ended her prayer.  It was very, very sweet!  She was so proud!

I'm thankful she got to have an experience so young where she got to pray with someone for their needs in the moment when she found out they had some.  She doesn't know that yet, but with practice and time, she'll learn to understand!  And I'm thankful that her inclination to pray came so naturally and was offered so freely!  She's such a tender spirit!  I'm really lucky because in all honesty, even with their usual tantrums and independence and grumpiness and bossiness that comes out sometimes (okay, often actually), they really are both tender, tender spirits!