To Laugh With

I remember when one of our daughters went on a blind date.
She was all dressed up and waiting for her date to arrive when the doorbell rang.
In walked a man who seemed a little old, but she tried to be polite.
She introduced him to me and my wife and the other children; then she put on her coat and went out the door.
We watched as she got into the car, but the car didn't move.
Eventually our daughter got out of the car and, red faced, ran back into the house.
The man that she thought was her blind date had actually come to pick up another of our daughters who had agreed to be a babysitter for him and his wife.

We all had a good laugh over that.
In fact, we couldn't stop laughing.
Later, when our daughter's real blind date showed up, I couldn't come out to meet him because I was still in the kitchen laughing.
Now, I realize that our daughter could have felt humiliated and embarrassed.
But she laughed with us, and as a result, we still laugh about it today.

-Joseph B. Wirthlin -Come What May, and Love it. -October 2008 General Conference

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi