" 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 had mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Smith's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors child. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping weed someone's 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 that I was really here and that I really lived!"
Marjorie Pay Hinkley.
7 comments:
This is one of my all time favorite quotes...I think about it all the time when I'm not looking my finest :)
Loved that lady!
What a great perspective. Thanks for sharing.
love that quote
i just had to tell you i copied your blog page, i tried all the other ones so that i wouldn't be copying but they just weren't workin out, if this bothers you, let me know, i will fix it.
sus, you are lame! you know me better than that! copy and enjoy!!!!
me too!
Love that quote! I just got back from Mexico and pictures probly won't happen untill after the holidays, I still want them done so I will talk to you at book club next week @ my house. Thanks.
Hey this quote is on my blog too. I love it and I hope to aspire to the kind of person she was.
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