Spiritual thought and Ruby

I got an e-mail this morning from the young women president asking me to prepare a spiritual thought for our meeting today. Normally I never prepare for these kinds of things, I just wing it. But I needed an excuse to miss yoga this morning because my body is still sore from "spinning" class yesterday. So I was searching on-line and found this:

It's an excerpt from a conference talk given Oct/2008 (nothing too profound or new but I love the simplicity of it).

"Stresses in our lives come regardless of our circumstances. We must deal with them the best we can. But we should not let them get in the way of what is most important—and what is most important almost always involves the people around us. Often we assume that they must know how much we love them. But we should never assume; we should let them know. Wrote William Shakespeare, “They do not love that do not show their love.” We will never regret the kind words spoken or the affection shown. Rather, our regrets will come if such things are omitted from our relationships with those who mean the most to us."Send that note to the friend you’ve been neglecting; give your child a hug; give your parents a hug; say “I love you” more; always express your thanks. Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. Friends move away, children grow up, loved ones pass on. It’s so easy to take others for granted, until that day when they’re gone from our lives and we are left with feelings of “what if” and “if only.” Said author Harriet Beecher Stowe, “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”
-President Thomas S. Monson

You can find the entire talk HERE.

My brother Ruby is so funny, he's the dramatic one in the family. He always says goodbye to our grandma (94) with so much passion and enthusiasm because in his words "you never know if this will be our last good-bye" (for the record, he sees her daily). He cracks me up! He is the type of brother to call randomly just to say he misses me. The only time I get text messages from him is to either tell me a very inappropriate, probably racist joke or to tell me he loves me for no reason. I'm so excited to have dinner with him tonight! And one more thing....HE JUST GOT ENGAGED!!! Oh, and another thing...I'M GOING TO BE A "TIA" (aunt). No he didn't get his girlfriend pregnant, instead he is adopting her little girl. Not many 26 year old guys willingly take on this type of responsibility. Ruby is going to be a great dad.