"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 a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for sick neighbors 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 Hinkley
I have thought about this quote many times lately. I particularly thought about it tonight when I watched Derek and Ky hold hands across the grocery store parking lot. She walked along side him with these cute little dress up shoes on, and proceeded to walk through the store and push the grocery cart for us. She insisted she do it herself.
Or waking up in the morning and have Nash smile so big and make me feel like I am the most important person in his life. I feel like life has been especially busy for us this summer, but each night I lay in bed and reflect on my day. I feel so blessed for so many things and people in my life. But I am most grateful for my sweet children and Derek. There is one thought in my life that has remained constant. That is...I never want to have regrets of not taking the time for my children. I feel like I have done so thus far. Through opening up a business to going through nursing school I have made time for my family. After all, they are the most important to me.
I don't know what has sparked my thoughts lately, maybe being extra busy. But I find my thoughts continually going back to this quote. I want to enjoy each moment of my life....
I love you D, kylee jo and Nash! Thanks for making me smile everyday!
