Don't Let Those Important Things Pass By...

I'm not sure what it is - but today I've been missing my Grandma and Grandpa Worthington something terrible. Maybe it's the fact that it's the holidays, or maybe it's the fact that I listened to "Clair de Lune" today.

All I know is that today, for the first time in a long time all I wanted, was to curl up on the couch with one of my grandma's afghan's and talk with her while my grandpa read excerpts from the daily paper aloud. I want to tell her all about college, all about my plans for the future and all about what's happened over the past 4 years. How I miss those little conversations.

They were great people, my grandparents. As I grow older I become more and more appreciative of their lives, their examples and of their love. My father is an only child. As a result the only grand kids on that side of the family were me and my siblings - which meant we had oodles of opportunities for one on one time with Grandma and Grandpa.

I still remember watching my grandma when I was 5 as she got "dolled up" so we could go out for lunch. She would make me feel "fancy" by letting me wear some of her lipstick. My Grandpa would let me go with him out in the garage and watch him work on his latest project. The more I reflect on all those special times, the more I wish I would have appreciated them more!

How grateful I am for wonderful family and for the doctrine of the plan of salvation that gives me the comfort and knowledge that I can be with them forever. What a marvelous blessing and peace that truth brings into my life.

Thinking about this has reminded me of President Thomas S. Monson's conference address "Finding Joy in the Journey" in it President Monson says; "This is our one and only chance at mortal life—here and now. The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief. Opportunities come, and then they are gone. I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now."

May we all have a better resolve to make the most of today and to cherish those relationships in our life that we hold dear!