We read the news this afternoon that President Gordon B. Hinckley, prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has passed away. Rick and I were both moved by his passing. He was a great man and will be sorely missed. We find comfort in knowing how he touched our lives and those of many others and that he will be greeted by family and friends in the hereafter.
We both had a special love for President Hinckley as we were able to live in New York at the time that he announced the building of a temple in the city. In that talk he told a story of how he had come through New York on his way home from his mission in the British Isles. It was hot and humid and he was wearing a very heavy winter suit. He went to a dry cleaners to have his suit washed and pressed before having to leave New York. He told us of the funny looks he got from the man at the dry cleaners because the man thought President Hinckley was so crazy to be wearing such a suit in the middle of a hot New York summer day.
May his family be comforted and find joy in the eternal nature of families.
Rick had this to say:
I loved how, as a prophet, he assumed a sort of authority to joke with his General Conference audiences. I think that uncommon charisma endeared many of us to him in ways that we are not used to from general authorities. He will indeed be missed.
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