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I saw it on the news, which is weird because I only watch the news every three or four months.
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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.
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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
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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?
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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?”
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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.
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That is sad - but it is really nice to hear of such a long and lovely marriage and shared life.
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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. Posts: 1379 | Registered: Feb 2002
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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.
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