Comments on: An Honor to Be There http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/ Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kati http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52633 Kati Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:01:36 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52633 I wasn't able to watch the funeral on Sat., but have since seen it, what a beautiful service and marvelous way to honor our prophet. Thank you so much for sharing Sharlee, what a wonderful experience! The story of your neighbor is so incredible, the essence of what President Hinckley taught. What a tremendous legacy he has left. I wasn’t able to watch the funeral on Sat., but have since seen it, what a beautiful service and marvelous way to honor our prophet. Thank you so much for sharing Sharlee, what a wonderful experience! The story of your neighbor is so incredible, the essence of what President Hinckley taught. What a tremendous legacy he has left.

]]> By: Marianne http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52619 Marianne Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:45:37 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52619 Yep, I felt the same way. It was a pretty cool experience to actually be there. Well worth getting up so early in order to make the long drive! My only regret was that I really wanted to sing God Be With You Til We Meet Again but didn't have the courage to join the organ as the casket was being wheeled out. Oh well...I wouldn't have made it very far into the song before I couldn't sing through the tears anyhow! Yep, I felt the same way. It was a pretty cool experience to actually be there. Well worth getting up so early in order to make the long drive! My only regret was that I really wanted to sing God Be With You Til We Meet Again but didn’t have the courage to join the organ as the casket was being wheeled out. Oh well…I wouldn’t have made it very far into the song before I couldn’t sing through the tears anyhow!

]]> By: Sharlee http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52525 Sharlee Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:19:03 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52525 Ah, thanks, Emily. I can't take much credit though. All I did was get them there. Dalene and Carole, thank you. Yes, Heather O., the kingdom does go forward. When we had each of our kids share their feelings about the funeral at FHE last night (yeah, yeah, we're heretics; we have FHE on Sunday instead of Monday), our 16-year-old said that the moment he felt the Spirit the strongest was when he was listening to President Monson speak and realized (and had the Spirit bear witness) that he would be the next prophet. Mara and Michelle, I love the thought that church members across the globe (including in Germany and Austria!) were watching the services and feeling the same things we, sitting right there in the Conference Center, were feeling. Rene' and Sali-Kai, I love you! Ah, thanks, Emily. I can’t take much credit though. All I did was get them there.

Dalene and Carole, thank you.

Yes, Heather O., the kingdom does go forward. When we had each of our kids share their feelings about the funeral at FHE last night (yeah, yeah, we’re heretics; we have FHE on Sunday instead of Monday), our 16-year-old said that the moment he felt the Spirit the strongest was when he was listening to President Monson speak and realized (and had the Spirit bear witness) that he would be the next prophet.

Mara and Michelle, I love the thought that church members across the globe (including in Germany and Austria!) were watching the services and feeling the same things we, sitting right there in the Conference Center, were feeling.

Rene’ and Sali-Kai, I love you!

]]> By: Emily M. http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52497 Emily M. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:06:54 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52497 Sharlee, I want to be a mom like you when I grow up. That's the sort of experience I dream about having with my kids. Thank you for sharing it with us. Sharlee, I want to be a mom like you when I grow up. That’s the sort of experience I dream about having with my kids. Thank you for sharing it with us.

]]> By: Heather O. http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52347 Heather O. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:04:36 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52347 We went to the Stake Center so it would feel like we were there. And it did. What an honor. Your boy described exactly how I felt, too. I held it together until they started showing the clips, and even as I cried I laughed to see Pres. Hinckley doing exactly what Thomas Monson described with his cane--waving it around, never once using it to walk with. It finally hit me how much we will miss him. But then J looked up at me as Thomas Monson was closing the meeting and said, "He's the NEW prophet, right? That man right there?" Yes, that man right there. The work of the kingdom goes forward. We went to the Stake Center so it would feel like we were there. And it did. What an honor. Your boy described exactly how I felt, too. I held it together until they started showing the clips, and even as I cried I laughed to see Pres. Hinckley doing exactly what Thomas Monson described with his cane–waving it around, never once using it to walk with. It finally hit me how much we will miss him.

But then J looked up at me as Thomas Monson was closing the meeting and said, “He’s the NEW prophet, right? That man right there?”

Yes, that man right there. The work of the kingdom goes forward.

]]> By: Maralise http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52269 Maralise Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:09:55 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52269 We huddled around our small computer, rigging broken speakers to try to listen. We missed most of the funeral due to technical difficulties. But what we got was such a treasure, I'm running on its fumes still. We huddled around our small computer, rigging broken speakers to try to listen. We missed most of the funeral due to technical difficulties. But what we got was such a treasure, I’m running on its fumes still.

]]> By: Carole Thayne http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52155 Carole Thayne Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:52:08 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52155 What a kind charitable person your Baptist neighbor is. Great thoughts on a great man. What a kind charitable person your Baptist neighbor is. Great thoughts on a great man.

]]> By: Michelle http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52017 Michelle Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:32:59 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52017 What a beautiful post. I was able to see the funeral broad casted. Who knew so many people would silently stand in a faraway country as they watched the coffin being rolled out in complete silence? I loved all fours hours of the broadcast. I am excited to support President Monson (if he indeed leads). He is in my stake in Utah (of which I'm no longer a member but I still think of as mine), and I love him so much. Now that I'm living among the people he visited, served, and loved in the previous GDR, I can see even more the effect he has on people. What a beautiful post. I was able to see the funeral broad casted. Who knew so many people would silently stand in a faraway country as they watched the coffin being rolled out in complete silence? I loved all fours hours of the broadcast. I am excited to support President Monson (if he indeed leads). He is in my stake in Utah (of which I’m no longer a member but I still think of as mine), and I love him so much. Now that I’m living among the people he visited, served, and loved in the previous GDR, I can see even more the effect he has on people.

]]> By: Dalene http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52007 Dalene Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:09:51 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-52007 That is so tender about your boys. Thank you for sharing. That is so tender about your boys. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Sali-Kai http://segullah.org/daily-special/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-51950 Sali-Kai Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:50:35 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/an-honor-to-be-there/#comment-51950 I knew that watching the funeral of Pres. Hinckley would be special but, like Devin, I didn't expect it to effect me to the extent that it did. As I sat in my family room in Auburn, Washington surrounded by active, rather noisy little kids, I found myself wiping away silent tears even before the funeral started. This continued throughout the meeting until I found myself muffling quiet sobs during the closing song and images. I wasn't there but it was an honor to have been able to watch it, to be part of the millions all over the world who joined together to pay respects to Pres. Hinckley. Thank you, Sharlee, for expressing what I felt and still feel. I am determined to stand a little taller, to be a little better. Pres. Hinckley had that effect on me in life and now, even in death. Thank you, Pres. Hinckley. I love you. I knew that watching the funeral of Pres. Hinckley would be special but, like Devin, I didn’t expect it to effect me to the extent that it did. As I sat in my family room in Auburn, Washington surrounded by active, rather noisy little kids, I found myself wiping away silent tears even before the funeral started. This continued throughout the meeting until I found myself muffling quiet sobs during the closing song and images. I wasn’t there but it was an honor to have been able to watch it, to be part of the millions all over the world who joined together to pay respects to Pres. Hinckley. Thank you, Sharlee, for expressing what I felt and still feel. I am determined to stand a little taller, to be a little better. Pres. Hinckley had that effect on me in life and now, even in death. Thank you, Pres. Hinckley. I love you.

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