ADD Praying

This morning I was up long before anyone else in my house. That kind of deep silence and peace of 5:30 doesn’t seem to happen at any other time of the day.  As I snuggled under the warm blankets, I decided “I’m going to say a rosary.  I can say one uninterrupted because they’re all sleeping”  Little did I realize that the biggest distraction might just be me.

I began with the Creed, and couldn’t remember it all.  It was early and I wasn’t fully awake, so I stumbled through it as best I could.  I ended with the ever reverent “I believe it all…I just can’t think of the rest. Sorry.”

I continued on “Our Father, who art in Heaven, I hope that my brother and sister in law can come for Thanksgiving.  It would be nice to finally meet her...wait..in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come there are chips in the plaster on the corner by the kitchen.  I need to get some plaster to fix that.  I wonder if I have time for a hardware store run..ugh I think I forgot some. I’ll just start over. Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.Is the baby waking up? Where did her binky go? Ah, there it is.  Good she’s going back to sleep.  Where was I? as it is in Heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us out trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against what is that sound? It sounds like gun shots..oh..right..dove season. against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee.  Blessed art thou amongst women where am I going to get cake for the baby’s birthday? I really don’t want any for myself, but the whole first birthday thing is about cake..shoot..Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.  Holy Mary, Mother of God I guess we could just make them.  It would make the kids happy to..are you kidding me?..pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

And so it went, for the entire rosary.  I know I repeated one of the mysteries and may have done 6 decades instead of 5.  Could be wring though.  I was too busy interrupting myself to keep an accurate count.  I’m sure that I did the Presentation at the Temple twice.  It took me until halfway through the second “Presentation” decade before I realized it though.

It was a long slow and painful slog this morning through the Rosary.  I thought I was scattered for most of the day, but the early morning is ….wow.  I think I got an ‘A’ for effort, even if I’m only getting a ‘D’ for execution.*  I just offer it all up for the ADD everywhere, we need it, believe me.

*You don’t really think there’s going to be a report card at the end of it all…do you?  I can do the daily bits, but I hear that the final exam can be killer.