Thursday, November 8, 2012

I Have Been Given Much (31-40)

“The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.”  
Thornton Wilder
10 deceased people I am grateful for.

  • Grandpa Benson
He wasn't afraid to tell you things like they were, but I think his tender heart and "leaky eyes" were my favorite things about him.
  • Lisa Giovannoni
She gave life to my eternal companion. 
  • Uncle Steve
I will always remember my uncle Steve's laughter and his funny sense of humor.   He was a good man and I was lucky to know him and see his shining kind example. 
  • Aunt Glady's and Uncle Dick
Sweetest kindest people I ever met.  My mother was fond of them as well so I can't help but love them for loving her.
  • Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith has done more for the salvation of mankind than any other man who has ever lived on the earth, save Jesus Christ himself” (Franklin D. Richards, “Opportunities to Serve,” Ensign, Nov 1987, 81)... Joseph lived a life of poverty, persecution, and difficult, tedious work. He sacrificed his days to translate scripture and bring the commandments of God to the early Latter-day Saints until his martyrdom, his final sacrifice for the Church.
  • President Hinkley
There wasn't anything I didn't love about this man.
  • BJ Benson
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'Cause I'd already know
-Extreme-
  •  Ruth Beane
Best visiting teaching partner ever.  Always found a way to get me out doing my visits.  She was kind, sweet, gentle and beautiful.
  • Coye Norris
She was a dear friend of my mothers and she treated us like we were family.  She gladly accepted my  ugly hand made scarves (I would use every color yarn possible) every year for Christmas.  I loved going to her family parties. 
  • Our Founding Fathers
Those men were inspired and I'm grateful for all they did to ensure that I would grow up in the greatest country in the world, where I am free to worship as I please. 
"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"!

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