10 Tiny Toes, One Decade: The ‘Toes-a-ry’ Is the Sweetest New Way to Pray the Rosary
The post that has been viewed 640,000 features the toes of a Catholic mom’s third son, who was born on Oct. 7, 2025 — the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary!
A new trend taking over the internet these days may take the cake as the cutest moment just ahead of the Marian month of May: mothers on the move holding their babies to their chests, peacefully perched in a baby sling, working their way through 10 little toes — a decade of fleshy beads — to pray a ‘Toes-a-ry.’
“Forgot my Rosary; so Toesary it is,” Laika Ordoñez shared on Instagram. The mother of three boys commented, “I mean, it is a built-in rosary — blessed and everything.”
Speaking to the Register, Ordoñez explained that the practice began out of a beautiful necessity during quiet moments of nursing. However, on the day her post went viral, the inspiration came from a place of spiritual longing.
“I had strayed from my life of prayer, tending to a baby and all,” Ordoñez admitted. “A friend of mine suggested I just go back to my daily Rosary.”
When she left the house early that morning, she realized her beads were still sitting on the nightstand. Rather than letting the moment pass, she looked down at her son.
“I forgot my rosary, so I just used my baby’s toes!” she reflected. “The ‘reason’ I strayed from my life of prayer is exactly what brought me back — my baby.”
The viral post racked up more than 65,000.comments, with many posters commenting on the cute factor. Others remarked with such observations as, “So this is why we have 10 toes!”
While the Toes-a-ry might seem like a modern social-media invention, it echoes a long tradition of “digital” prayer — using one’s own fingers when beads aren’t at hand. By moving that prayer to her child, Ordoñez has effectively turned the domestic church into a living, breathing prayer tool.
Global reaction even came from India, with a pro-life group writing:
“What a beautiful and holy thought; it’s definitely from the Holy Spirit. And also the child gets to feel you and simultaneously hear you pray; it is like a different league of consecration to the Blessed Virgin.”
And the inspiration may have indeed come from above — the post that has now been viewed 640,000 times featured the toes of Ordoñez’s third son, who was born on Oct. 7, 2025, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary!
As we look ahead to May, the Toes-a-ry serves as a gentle reminder for tired mamas that the vocation of motherhood isn’t an obstacle to prayer but a pathway to it.
So, for all those exhausted new moms this year: After the Mother’s Day brunch is over and the house finally grows quiet, don’t forget to count your blessings — one toe at a time.
Alyssa Murphy Alyssa Murphy is the Register's Managing Editor of Digital Assets. Starting her career on the airwaves in San Francisco, she has worked in all facets of media. Alyssa enjoys writing and covering stories that inspire and uplift. Register readers may be familiar with her voice from EWTN radio's Morning Glory. Alyssa currently lives in New Jersey just outside Manhattan with her husband Andrew and young daughter, Annabelle.
