On my birthday I attended Primary Leadership. Bro. Bennion was asked to addressed us on happiness. He gave us this wonderful quote from Sis. Hinckley. It was so great (and timely).
"I Really Lived" by Sister Marjorie Hinckley
"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
I am so grateful for my wonderful husband and my amazing children (and all the opportunities they give me to have mud in my van and yogurt on my clothes). What a blessing I have.
2 comments:
Thanks Delyna. I really needed that quote today.
That was a great quote, thanks for sharing! I LOVE your new house, it's beautiful! Hope we can visit you guys in it sometime. We missed seeing all of you at Brett's baptism.
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