[ April 06, 2004, 08:18 PM: Message edited by: peterh ]
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I saw it on the news, which is weird because I only watch the news every three or four months.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Who is that?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
The president of the LDS church's wife. She was 92. They'd been married for sixty-seven years. He mentioned she was sick on Sunday at the final session of conference.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I think the link explains it pretty well. But she was the wife of the President of our church, and on Sunday he mentioned that she had collapsed recently. Her spring had come unwound and they didn't know how to wind it back up. I guess she was born the same year as my Grandma, 1911
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Hey maui babe!
Posted by Admiral Ender (Member # 6414) on :
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
Hello. I'm so sad for Pres. Hinckley. He seemed so down at conference. Posted by Admiral Ender (Member # 6414) on :
he did didnt he, i didnt relize it was that serious when he mentioned she fainted
Posted by Daedalus (Member # 1698) on :
Out of related interest, is it possible for a woman to be president of the LDS church? Though I'd hazard a guess that it's likely impossible, are there actual laws against it?
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
Women aren't given the priesthood, so therefore it is impossible.
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :
The women do not hold the priesthood and cannot be the President of the church.
I am so sad. She was so cool. An absolutely awesome lady.
This makes me sad
[ April 06, 2004, 08:33 PM: Message edited by: Zevlag ]
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
Keep checking the link for more information. It has been updated twice since I posted it orginally.
FWIW
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
I talked about Sis. Hinckley a bit in the conference thread. She was such a cool lady, and President Hinckley always seems to gush about her every chance he gets.
Quote from President Hinckley at last year's Relief Society broadcast:
quote: My children are now all grown. Some are in their 60s. But when they call and I answer the phone, they say, “How are you?” And before I can answer, they ask, “Is Mother there?”
...
Now to you dear grandmothers, you older widows, and older lonely women. How beautiful you are. I look upon my dear wife, soon to be 92 years of age. Her hair is white; her frame is stooped.
I take one of her hands in mine and look at it. Once it was so beautiful, the flesh firm and clear. Now it is wrinkled and a little bony and not very strong. But it speaks of love and constancy and faith, of hard work through the years. Her memory is not what it once was. She can remember things that happened half a century ago but may not remember what happened half an hour ago. I am like that, too.
But I am so grateful for her. For 66 years we have walked together, hand in hand, with love and encouragement, with appreciation and respect. It cannot be very long before one of us will step through the veil. I hope the other will follow soon. I just would not know how to get along without her, even on the other side, and I would hope that she would not know how to get along without me.
[ April 06, 2004, 08:55 PM: Message edited by: sarcasticmuppet ]
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
That is sad - but it is really nice to hear of such a long and lovely marriage and shared life.
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
How sad. Well, he said she was ill, and he didn't know how long she'd last. One of his wishes was that if one of them went, the other would follow soon after, so that they would not be separated long. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Does that mean he's going soon? I don't want to lose President Hinkley...
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I would not be surprised.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Want to and do are not always the same. Though my culural lore is that widows last longer than widowers.
P.s. Daedalus, I think the more interesting question is whether a single man could ever be president of the church. Most likely not, since they seem to take the scripture that a bishop must be a husband pretty seriously.
[ April 06, 2004, 10:18 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
Thanks SarMup for posting that.
It makes me want to cry, but I appreciate it still.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
*sigh* She was absolutely the cutest lady. Such a sweet smile too.
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Where did you hear it?
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