The Blessing.
Pu Yi Restaurant.
Me, Evan, Amy.  Memorial Day Weekend.

God, can you make the world nice like it was?

(OK, this is an unusual start for a 3-year-old’s prayer, but I must say it is solid.  He recognizes the effects of the fall and looks forward to the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.  Excellent.)

And can you make some more pretty flowers that make blooms and more flowers.  Thank you for those.
 

(Again, this is good.  Our little tyke recognizes the imprint of God’s hand in all of creation, sees the beauty around him, and thanks our Creator for it.  Our son is a budding theologian, and I am a good and proud father.)

And can you make da dog poop stay in da dog’s bottom?  Can you do dat too?  Amen.
 

(Sometimes the hardest job of a parent is not to laugh when it is inappropriate and would lead to more inappropriate-ness.  And sometimes you spew Coke into your Chinese food after the blessing.  Try explaining that.)

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