"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 childrens' 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
5 comments:
I love that quote! I love Marjorie Pay Hinckley. I have her book, Little Things (that's the name of it, right?), and I have dog-eared or book-marked at least half of it. Happy belated birthday! And you look beautiful!!
Thank you posting that Courtney! I really appreciate it!
One of my favorite quotes, nice!
I love that quote. I heard it in Relief Society awhile ago. It's such a great reminder on where our priorities should be.
love that quote...
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