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 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. ~ Marjorie Pay Hinckley
I got a little dirt under my fingernails while planting my grape hyacinths. Does that count? I guess I need to be weeding my neighbors garden instead. Heaven knows she has enough weeds to make me a saint!
I love that quote too. Sister Hinckley had a wonderful way with words! After working in my yard all day I hope the dirt on my knees and under my fingernails gets me a few points in heaven too. After all, aren't we all trying to make our own little bit of heaven?
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