I've been taking my Grandma to the temple every other Saturday for about 4 years now and I'm beginning to think that the reason she's still alive at 101 is so that she can get me in the habit of going regularly before she dies.
When we started it was just so that we could spend some quality time together and because she loves it so much, it's nice to make her happy. I really had no intention of attending quite so regularly after she passes away, but lately I've been thinking about it a little differently. We go often enough that we know quite a few of the temple workers and have come to love them. A couple of them recently have said that they hope I'll keep coming after Grandma is gone, and it's made me start thinking about what I will do when Grandma is gone. I have felt like it was a sacrifice of my time that I've made for Grandma's benefit and because I wanted to really know her. Yesterday I met a woman who goes to the temple every Saturday and takes her daughters with her. In talking with her about her children I commented that her children seem to be about the same ages as mine, she said, "oh, I've got ten kids, my oldest is 25"....yikes! I thought I didn't have time! So, I guess I better start thinking about what I'm going to do when Grandma can't go with me anymore.
http://www.mormon.org/faq/#Temples
When we started it was just so that we could spend some quality time together and because she loves it so much, it's nice to make her happy. I really had no intention of attending quite so regularly after she passes away, but lately I've been thinking about it a little differently. We go often enough that we know quite a few of the temple workers and have come to love them. A couple of them recently have said that they hope I'll keep coming after Grandma is gone, and it's made me start thinking about what I will do when Grandma is gone. I have felt like it was a sacrifice of my time that I've made for Grandma's benefit and because I wanted to really know her. Yesterday I met a woman who goes to the temple every Saturday and takes her daughters with her. In talking with her about her children I commented that her children seem to be about the same ages as mine, she said, "oh, I've got ten kids, my oldest is 25"....yikes! I thought I didn't have time! So, I guess I better start thinking about what I'm going to do when Grandma can't go with me anymore.
http://www.mormon.org/faq/#Temples
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I love this idea of her life lesson to you being regular church attendance. What a blessing :)
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