I thought that you say "In the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Amen" before you pray, and then again after, because that is a toggle switch for prayer on/off.
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- I asked my father what holy water was. He told me it was the priest's bathwater. — Gwen
- When I was learning the Lord's Prayer, I used to say, "Our Father, who does art in heaven...."— Karen
- I used to think the song"jesus, oh what a wonderful child so holy, meek and mild" was "so holy, Mickey Mouse"— Stephani
- I used to believe that in the Christian Prayer of the Faithful, we were responding, "Lord, harrow prayer."— Smelleanor
- "God is good, God is great, lettuce thank him for our food Amen"— pj
- there was a young girl i used to know that would say 'onion' at the end of grace, instead of 'amen'— matt