Sunday, February 24, 2013

Missionary Mom

I received a letter this weekend from a missionary.  It made me so happy.  There wasn’t any bittersweet to it.  There wasn’t any hurt or wishing things were different.  It surprised me.  He’s Ian’s companion.  Yes, that’s what I said—Ian’s companion.  He told me he has a photo of “Elder Gleason” in his scriptures;  He told me he feels him there;  He told me he heard Ian’s voice when he went through the temple; and he told me his motivation for going at all was Ian.

How can I feel anything but excitement?  Pride?  Love?  He  told me he’s serving not only so his mom can be a missionary mom, but me too.

I got to raise the coolest son—I will finish that job someday, and I’m so glad that he is still influencing people.   I can’t really put into words how I feel.

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