I Prayed Anyway

“I have prayed so hard. I don’t think I have any prayers left in me.“

She sobbed and held her daughter's hand, and stroked her forehead. She was bloodied, broken, and lifeless. I knelt next to her. The emergency room floor was hard and cold, as always. I thought to myself, “I don’t know if I have any prayers left in me either.“

I prayed anyway.

I prayed t…