"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
I love this quote. Jaime posted it on her blog today, and it gave me a moment to pause and think.
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WOW! I luv this quote too! She was such a grand woman!
Oh man. THanks Katie.
I wanna put this under my pillow.
mmmhmmm....can I get an AMEN!
Perspective is everything isn't it. What a perfect match Marjorie and Gordon are. What a perfect example for us to remember. Thanks for sharing this quote.
You know Kait when I read this and before I saw it was one of Sister Hinckley's quotes I thought you were writing I could so hear you saying these same words. Your a gem. Miss you.
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