fave quote of the month

This is from Marjorie Pay Hinckley. I saw this on the internet. I have her Glimpses book but I have not had a chance to really read 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 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."

Any thoughts?

Comments

Anonymous said…
This is my favorite quote!! I love Sister Hinckley. Take time to read "Glimpses". It's well worth it:)
January 18, 2010 at 9:24 PM
Missy said…
Love this quote. What a down to earth woman. I think she really did say it best when she said this.
January 26, 2010 at 2:36 PM
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