Sweet Sunday

One December night I went to bed feeling lonely and kind of sorry for myself.  When I awoke, my mind was filled with some of my blessings.  God told me that he had given me true friends.  These are not the kind of friends who go shopping and out to lunch and then wave goodbye.  Rather, these are friends and family members who have loved me enough to help me teach and raise my children.  Some of these women have selflessly spent hundreds, perhaps even thousands of hours loving and teaching my children at church, seminary, homeschool classes and in their homes..

I am grateful for these women and their influence on our family.  This quote by Spencer W. Kimball describes them well.

To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling. The righteous woman’s strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in more tranquil times. She has been placed here to help to enrich, to protect, and to guard the home – which is society’s basic and most noble institution. Other institutions in society may falter and even fail, but the righteous woman can help to save the home, which may be the last and only sanctuary some mortals know in the midst of storm and strife. . .


Selflessness is a key to happiness and effectiveness; it is precious and must be preserved as a virtue which guarantees so many other virtues. There are so many things in the world which reinforce our natural selfishness, and neither our men nor women should be partakers thereof. We have grown strong as a people because our mothers and our women have been so selfless. That ennobling quality must not be lost, even though some of the people of the world may try to persuade otherwise.

If you are wondering if you are one of these women, the answer is yes. You are!