K, you have been doing the best prayer lately.

See, I usually pray, and then I ask each of you girls if you would like to pray (before mom and I sing our songs).

H, you do a standard prayer of a seven to ten-year-old, going on 12.

K, when I ask you if you want to pray, it’s always quiet for a second and then I just hear your sweet little voice begin to sing:

Let me hear you sing
Sing it together, louder than ever
Forget everything, just sing
Like it’s what we’ve been missin’
And they’re gonna listen, listen
Forget everything, just sing
You think you’ve gotta hide it
Don’t keep it on the shelf
Let your waist start moving
Watch the way I do it, do it
See me do it like nobody else
If we sing it all together (if we sing it all as one)
It’s louder than yourself (all together, everyone)
Everybody’s lookin’ (see you lookin’ now)
Watch the way we do it, do it (hold up, watchin’ how I do it)
‘Cause we do it like nobody else
Let me hear you sing, don’t you stop it, don’t you fight it
Let me hear you sing, if you got it, can’t deny it
Let me hear you, it’s waiting for you
Already, you know that you do it like nobody else…

You told me a few nights ago that you didn’t really say a prayer during this time. You just sang a song when it was your turn.

I tried to explain to you that there is often not a large difference in the two.

I think that God knows our hearts.

And I think that if your heart is in the right place, you can definitely sing a song about music and dancing as a prayer.

I love you.

-Dad