Here we are in Salt Lake City spending time with Andrew and Cierra. We had a good day together shopping, eating, touring and making a special visit to Howard and Marjorie Sharp.
When Pat was a young missionary, the Sharps were the couple who were serving as the Mission President couple in California San Bernardino. Pat loved them immensely and upon returning from his mission thought he would never see them again.
We reconnected with them at a mission reunion in 2000 when they returned from a mission to Russia.
The. We reconnected again as he served as the president of the Palmyra temple when our family visited that area in 2006.
Since that time we have visited them on an annual basis as we came to Utah for General Conference. "They’ve met all of our children except Clare and her family. Pat has said often how they molded and shaped him as his spiritual parents while on his mission.
We haven’t seen them in two years and President has had some major health issues. Still they both have such clear minds at 93 and 94 years old. They have been married 72 years!
Looking at this once vibrant man with a witty sense of humor, he is frail. He didn’t get up to greet us but stayed in his chair for the duration of our visit.
As we were preparing to leave, Pat knelt in front of him and spoke tender words of love. He in turn voiced that they most likely wouldn’t see one another again. Tears for both of us.
I am honored to have had the privilege to get to know them. They are beautiful, amazing people whom I have come to love immensely..
Until we meet again...
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