Saturday, November 10, 2007

What I want to be when I grow up...

"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 someones garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived." -Marjorie Hinckley

5 comments:

Steff said...

Hey Stacey,

This is Steff (Butler) McGhie. I saw your link on Angie's blog and decided to take a peak and what do you know? The first thing I see is one of my favorite quotes and a pic of the amazing Sis. Hinckley. Cool. It was fun to peruse your blog for a few minutes. Cute baby, cute house, cute you. Glad to see everything is going so well. :)

Denisse said...

Stacey! i loved reading that quote! Thanks for posting it! It almost made me cry!!!! Wasn't she amazing?!

S. Schuller said...

What an inspiring quote from a beautiful lady! Thanks for posting this!

Kelly Munns said...

so sweet...

TerriLyn said...

OH I just loved this quote. Thanks for sharing! I love how Sister Hinckley puts things. :-) What a sweetheart.