"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 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 my neighbor'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 the 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
5 comments:
I love this quote, so wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing!
She knew exactly how to put things, I love that, but I think I may still want to have by hair coiffed. :o)
I am completely stealing this mantra as well Jamie-although I agree with Michelle-I do like my hair done and I'm not crazy about a station wagons;) I'm so jealous of your girls trip at Women's Conference-I'm sure it was incredible!
That's right, girl, keep it real... This is one of my all-time favorites. Gotta love her!
Just what I needed to read after a wild and crazy Sunday. You just make me want to try a little harder tomorrow. Jealous as always that you look so amazing pregnant.
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