I found this quote today by Marjorie Hinckley. What a wonderful woman she was, and put my own life in perspective. I hope you like it......
“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.” Marjorie Pay Hinckley
Merry Christmas!
3 months ago
3 comments:
That is great! Thanks Heidi. :)
Oh I LOVE it! I think I better steal it! We've gotta have you over for dinner before the next little baby is born- or as soon after it's born as possible so we can meet the new one! I'm SO excited!
Yes! These words reflect the things of greatest worth in life...serving others, time shared with loved ones, heartfelt expressions from children, and a myriad of other sweet things that make all the difference.
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