a new thing

so...i prayed for my co-worker today. i mean, like, prayed out loud for her with my arm 'round her. so yeah. that's never happened before.
her dad went into the hospital today. he's in an advanced stage of dementia, so he's been sick, but this is considerably worse. she was crying.
she stayed to get done what she absolutely had to. when she was ready to go it was lunchtime, so brenda was out, so the office was empty except for the two of us.

"i don't want to be weird or anything, but before you leave would it be okay if i prayed for you?"


"no, it wouldn't." (she was kidding, but i didn't quite realize that until she reached out her hand.)

i slipped my arm around her and prayed. it doesn't so much matter what i said. but it matters a lot that i said it. "thank you, sweetie," she said, and then she was out the door.

i was in shock for a bit, i think. it was a little hard to concentrate on what i was trying to work on (but that might just be cos it was friggin' confusing...) but it was good. it was a new thing.