Please explain the part prayer plays in your life?

Prayer plays a vital role in my life. I feel that it is a gift and a blessing to pray to a Heavenly Father who I know without a shadow of a doubt hears me. I know that I can turn to my Heavenly Father for comfort when life is hard, for guidance when I am trying to make a decision, and for strength when I am struggling with burdens in my life. I have recently gone through a divorce, and the prayers I have spoken have been my saving grace. I was in a circumstance that was not good for my son and I, and it was hard for me to come to the realization that it wasn't going to change. With the help of my family and church leaders I was able to know how and what to pray for to receive confirmation of what I should do for my family, and how I should handle my decisions. Prayer has made the last several months easier than I could have ever imagined. In the darkest of circumstances I felt the constant guidance of the Holy Ghost. I felt embraced in the arms of my Savior and my Heavenly Father when I thought I didn't have the strength to continue on my own. Prayer has become both a tool and a blessing in my life. The more I pray to my Heavenly Father, the more peace and joy I feel in my life. It has helped me to strengthen the most important relationship in my life, and it has helped me to realize that my Heavenly Father knows me by name. He knows exactly what I need, and with prayer I am able to learn to understand how to trust that he will never leave me alone.