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 Schenck'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 dirl under my fingernails from helping to 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 I was really here and that I really lived."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Monday, October 4, 2010

Rain is falling all around...

on the rooftops on the ground.

Rain is falling on my nose,
On my shoulders, hands, and toes.

I love the rain today.
It is like the heavens are washing away all the crap from the earth.
All my windows are open and we are breathing that wet desert air that I missed so much.
I love it.
Last night Anthony and I were watching TV and it was snowing on what ever it was that we were watching...
he looked at me and said,
"I'm really going to miss the snow."
But you know what?
I'm not!
I'm so glad I live in this beautiful desert.
Even in the middle of the summer...
living away from here made me realize the beauty of this place.
I love living by family,
I love the red mountains,
I love that my kids have cousins to play with.
(even though they could still use a few friends in the neighborhood... but that's mine and Anthony's fault cause we're never home.)
And I love that my husband loves it here to.
That's definitely happy.

4 comments:

JustLivingMYLife said...

its been raining here all day too and i absolutely LOVE it! I do miss stg though. i gotta figure out what i am doing with my life lol. my friend wants me to move with her to London next year, maybe after im done with school ill come back there for the summer

Always, Forever, NO MATTER WHAT said...

I loved the rain today. I have to say that we are glad that you guy's are back too. =)

Elder Larkin said...

You're gonna think I'm a total dork but I don't care. I'm so glad you're happy. This post makes me so happy that we're sisters. I LOVE my sisters. You know how friends sometimes aren't your friends anymore and if you don't see them for a while their friendship goes away?? Well you're not ever getting rid of me. I'm glad my sisters are my best friends and always will be...Forever, For Always, and No Matter What.

Glitzy Glass said...

Hey. Fun to check up on you! Sounds like your lovin' it.