Jodie Berndt: Praying for parking spaces? Here’s why it’s OK to talk to God about the ‘little stuff’

“How did you feel about growing up with a mother who prayed?” 

I had just finished speaking to an audience of well-heeled professionals in Greenwich, Connecticut, and when the moderator opened the floor for questions, a woman quickly spoke up. But her question was not directed toward me. It was for my daughter, Virginia. 

This was a first. My children rarely (never?) show up at my speaking gigs, but Virginia lives in New York City and had made the trip out. Never one to shy away from an…