"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 a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors 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
Okay so I watched and read the two above things and I loved them. SO, I thought why not share them. Sometimes I do feel like the things that I do go un-noticed but when I really think about it, it doesn't really matter. WHat matters most is that I love my family and that we are happy. So, this Christmas I am thankful for ALL of my family and friends and I hope that I can do a better job of being there for them.
3 comments:
So fun to hear from you. Where are you guys now? We will have to swap recipes. They just opened a Gluten-free bakery in Kaysville and it is really good. Your family is darling. Please keep in touch. I will add you to the blog list if that is ok. Have a Merry Christmas!
Lisa Jolley
Corrine, love your saying from Sister Hinckley. I too want to make it a goal for the year or more important make it apart of my life.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I do remember you, but I'm also glad that you are another adoptive family. It's the most amazing thing ever. I hope you post your adoption story sometime so people can see just how miraculous the Lord really is! Congratulations, hope all is well.
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