WORDS THAT BREATHE

A grandparent’s prayer for a grandson after surgery, asking God for healing, peaceful sleep, and strength for his parents, and giving thanks for his life.

A prayer for a child facing open heart surgery, asking God to guide the surgeons and to hold the parents and grandparents who wait with aching hearts.

A prayer before back surgery for anyone facing the operating room with hope and fear, asking God to guide the healers and steady those who wait.

A prayer for the days before a double mastectomy: for courage, tenderness toward a changing body, and the love of those who hold us through surgery.

Mi Shebeirach for someone living with dementia: a prayer for comfort and dignity for the one who forgets, and strength for the one who remembers.

A prayer for anyone awaiting further medical tests — for calm, strength, and a sense of God's steady presence through this unsettling, uncertain wait.

A prayer for when you are caring for someone with dementia: patience in loss, love that outlasts memory, and grace to cherish what remains.