When I was little I would say a prayer with my mom before bed. For my prayer I'd say, "God bless mommy, God bless daddy, God bless Grandma" and so on.
On night I finally broke down and asked the question, "Mommy does that mean all those people sneezed today?"
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- In the Hail Mary prayer, I used to say 'Bless a dark fowl among women' rather than 'blessed art though'Anon
- I used to believe that "God bless you" was "gableshu," so everytime someone sneezed, I would say "gableshu."— JS
- I used to believe that when I said my prayers, "God Bless..." meant please keep burglars awayAnon
- In "God Bless America" I thought it was "With the light from a bulb" instead of "from above."— Carol
- I used to believe that in the Christian Prayer of the Faithful, we were responding, "Lord, harrow prayer."— Smelleanor
- I used to believe that Mother Nature was The wife of God. She was the mommy and he was the daddy. — Dawn