What kind of prayer did you say before you went to sleep? Who taught you how to pray it?
My first prayer learned was:
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray thee Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray thee Lord my soul to take.
I don't remember who taught me this prayer but I feel sure it was Mama but it might have been my sister, Margaret who was 4 years older than me. I do notice today that they have changed the last 2 lines of the prayer to something like:
May angels watch me through the night
And wake me to the morning light
because I guess they think the thought of dying would traumatize children today but I don't remember worrying about that as a child but I do remember worrying about my parents dying and wondering who would take care of us.
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