The other night while at gourmet night with my friends I came to a realization. I am not capable of keeping both my eyes closed during a prayer. I'm pretty sure that I know the exact date on which this habit was formed....
May 14, 2001. The day I birthed my first-born. Since then I've always had my eye {usually my left one- it's easier to keep that one open} on the kids during prayers. Why? Well,
- To make sure they're not pulling the hair of/driving a car on/throwing cheerios at the lady in the pew in front of us during the 4 prayers in Sacrament meeting.
- To see if they are keeping their eyes closed during the prayer or if they are instead making silly faces at their siblings/seeing if they can eat their entire meal before the prayer is over.
Will I ever be able to sit through a prayer in darkness? Only time will tell.
p.s. when I'm the one saying the prayer I have no problem with lefty- I trust someone else will keep their eye open for me.
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Yeah, I feel like such a hypocrit, I am constantly telling my kids to keep their eyes closed, but mine are always open. Luckily none of them have realized this yet or I would be in trouble!
Random indeed. Who were you peeking at at gourmet night? :)
At least you can keep one eye shut. I noticed that both my eyes are open during prayers.
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