Comments on: It wasn’t hard to love him

By: Tracey

Tracey — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:03:14 +0000

So, I’m not the only one who didn’t realize he got a different job. That makes me feel a little better. And who’s downing the whole nursery calling? I was recently placed in the nursery and I love it…maybe it stems from the fringe benefit of taking my 11 month old in with me and letting him play and have snack Very, very nice to keep him occupied rather than running (crawling) around the R.S. room during the lesson.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:25:29 +0000

I was thinking along the same lines as Andrea, except I thought he got called as ward sports chair or to do something with the boy scouts. I had no idea you meant he changed jobs.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:22:38 +0000

um, you weren’t the only one to not get my (apparently oblique) reference in our christmas card. when i said, “dick got his dream job at the LDS church,” Andrea thought I meant that he was called as a bishop. we are not (insert any adjective describing Mitt Romney) enough to wish for that sort of thing.

in case you are wondering (or if you have influence over these things), dick’s favorite calling is membership clerk. just fyi. (and i like yw and r.s. and s.s. and, hey, i’ll even take primary –notice the only things left are nursery and activities; please, please, spare me those).

dick started work nov 19 as a senior technical writer for the church; his employer is actually the corp. of the pres. bishopric. anyway, so he works at the church office building and has to wear a suit everday. with his trenchcoat and laptop in a backpack, he looks kinda like a missionary, but not so young.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:27:33 +0000

not to change the subject or anything, because President Hinckley is the prophet people our age probably love and remember the most, and he will be greatly missed, but when did Dick start working for the church? I feel like I am totally out of it, which I guess I am.

By: Marcy

Marcy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:13:48 +0000

amen. What a life of service. I’m so glad he gets a rest now and gets to be with his wife!

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:56:08 +0000

I just saw this morning that he died. I couldn’t believe it was buried as a sub-heading on CNN, and that’s the only news site I saw it on at all. It should have been huge news!

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:22:06 +0000

totally ruining my image, there. i actually thought about that as i lay in bed last night, and planned to change it, but i guess i forgot (you know, sigh, in the morning rush to get Sally off to school and feed the other two and exercise and babysit, whine, whine).

By: tarable

tarable — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:02:55 +0000

Great post about a great man! May we all follow in his footsteps. Um, didn’t you and Dick just have a little vacation getaway, without kids? Wasn’t that a couple days off for you? Or am I ruining your Mommy Martyr image?