Saturday, April 5, 2008

finding peace

Oh how I miss this man. As we prepared for the morning session, I couldn't help but to ponder on some of the things I learned from President Hinckley. In FHE monday night, our lesson was about Temples and one of the things we discussed was how much President Hinckley wanted to live long enough to see the 100th Temple be built & dedicated. And he did just that...and more! How grateful we are for his love and dedication in seeing his goal be reached.



This is how I imagine Temple Square looks today, maybe not as cloudy...full of spring flowers blooming and trees filling in with lush green leaves. While in Temple Square back in January, I found this statue and fell in love with it! Maybe she is a Mother or Sister, but the love that radiates is amazing!

This is what it looked like in January, a bit cold and barren.

I look forward to watching the rest of conference this weekend. Thank heaven for BYU tv-you can watch conference LIVE on the internet! Oh, and also a huge thanks to friends for sending the very best conference packets for the kids :)

p.s. Jessica, hope you are having a blast in SLC and Temple Square!! Can't wait to see you on Friday!! Love you.

6 comments:

Brenna said...

I watched this morning's conference, but not the afternoon, but thank heavens also for DVR! Love President Hinckley too. I love that the speakers are talking about him in bits and pieces. He will long be remembered for this generation of kids. Have so much fun with Jess! Tell her hello for me!
love, Christine

Enjoy Birth said...

I missed seeing him and hearing him. I love President Monson, but he isn't the same.

Shelly Hanson said...

I wish I could pin point just what it is that makes us love this man in particular, because I feel the same way. I'm so happy for his return home to his Wife but I too miss him like crazy.

Morgan used the packet I sent out,...for one session and then was bored. little turkey. I guess one seesion is better then none.

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Anonymous said...

We made it through 2 sessions with the packets. It was weird not to have President Hinckley, but Conference was awesome! There were a handful of talks that really hit home.
Did you have weird posts from someone too? I had three from some guy named jason with a link to how to make $900 a month. DUH-LETE!