"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 a 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."
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 a 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."
Sometimes I find myself getting so wrapped up in life, that I forget what life is really all about. A friend shared this with me the other day and it stopped me dead in my tracks, and maybe brought a few tears to my eyes. I am thankful for women (& good friends) like her. Women who keep me in check and remind me of the life I want to live.
7 comments:
i love this. such a good reminder. i miss those hinckleys :)
can i steal this for my blog? I love it
Bridget, I hope that you do!
amen. this is a wonderful statement from a woman who truly meant it (and lived it!)
I love when you post things like this on your blog -
I love that quote, heard it years ago. Thanks for sharing it, I agree with every word!
Love this. It's so easy to forget who we really do want to be sometimes, but she's right on! Thanks for sharing, I needed to hear that tonight!
yes, I totally needed this.
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