The San Antonio Texas Temple
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Today has been a very happy day, tinged with substantial melancholy.<\/p>\n
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We came to San Antonio to attend the temple wedding of my niece\u2019s daughter, my late brother\u2019s granddaughter.<\/p>\n
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I felt, in a way, as if I were representing my brother. \u00a0I miss him horribly. \u00a0I know how happy and how proud he would have been \u2014 how happy and proud I\u2019m confident he is<\/em>. \u00a0In fact, I\u2019m representing my parents, too. \u00a0I\u2019m the last living member of that little family from San Gabriel, California.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
And, one year ago today, our first grandchild was born.<\/p>\n
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So, in her memory, we also participated in a temple session here after the wedding. \u00a0Doing so seemed an appropriate way to mark the anniversary of her birth. \u00a0And the wedding made things even better: \u00a0What could be more fitting than to spend much of the day in and around a temple, witnessing and reflecting on the ordinances that promise a continuation of family ties beyond the grave and into the eternities?<\/p>\n
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Moreover,\u00a0the San Antonio Texas Temple is a striking edifice. \u00a0The stained glass, particularly the three large windows in the celestial room, is magnificent. \u00a0And its setting, atop a prominent hill, is quite remarkable.<\/p>\n
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There was, of course, much happiness today. \u00a0 It was deeply satisfying\u00a0to spend time with our extended family, many of \u00a0whom we rarely see. \u00a0The wedding reception tonight was wonderful, loud, joyful, and well-attended. \u00a0My brother would have enjoyed it enormously.<\/p>\n
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It was fun, too, to run into two former members of the BYU foreign language ward from the time, long ago, when I served as a counselor in the bishopric there. \u00a0They were in the same endowment company with my wife and me. \u00a0And also in the company was someone who sometimes comments on this blog, who recognized me and stuck around after the session to introduce himself and to talk with us for a few minutes. \u00a0That was a real privilege.<\/p>\n
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To a very considerable degree, life is about meetings and partings. \u00a0I much prefer the former, but I know that the latter are inevitable. \u00a0Fortunately, the promises of the temple make such partings a bit easier to bear.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye\u00a0sorrow\u00a0not, even as others which have no\u00a0hope.\u201d \u00a0(1 Thessalonians 4:13)<\/p>\n
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