Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Star Struck...

This is my nine year old. She will be ten in a few weeks. Crazy to think that I have a kid that old. A little back ground on us, we belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. And the other day we went to eat at the good ol' Chuck O' Rama with Nate's Parents and sister and brother-in-law. We were seated and low and behold Henry B. Eyring and his family were eating at the table behind us. He is the first councilor in our church. Next to Thomas S. Monson who is our Prophet. Needless to say, we were on our best behavior and Macy and Adrie were excited to see him. Of course we didn't want to bother him while he was eating and everyone else seemed to be paying the same respect. The girls were so excited and asked if they could say "HI" to him but I told them that now was not a good time. So as he was leaving, a handful of people had surrounded him to shake his hand. Macy took this as her opportunity and got up on her own accord to join the group. Being the only child, she was getting aced out and realized that she would not get through the group to shake his hand. She sheepishly came over to where I was at (getting dessert of course) and acted like she was on her way over to me anyway with a look of discouragement. President Eyring saw this and followed her and asked to shake her hand! This absolutely melted my heart along with hers. She talked about it for days about how he shook her hand. I was so grateful that he noticed her because it totally made her day. And if you know my shy Macy, this is not something she would normally do.

7 comments:

  1. That is soo neat Becca! I am glad that she was noticed as well. I am sure she'll remember that for the rest of her life. What a special moment!

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  2. That is such a great story! That is something she will definitely remember the rest of her life!!

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  3. I have been meaning to leave you a note on your blog saying thank you so much for your sweet message to me about my last blog post. I bet Eve was so beautiful, thank you for sharing that little bit of your past with me. You truly do have such a beautiful family and I think about Ellie often at random. Our children teach us so much about savoring every moment with our family and the ones we love, and about enjoying the simple beauties of life, don't they?

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  4. I also meant to say that Macy is so cute, and I was just like that at her age...I'm so glad that he noticed her and shook her hand. She really will remember that her whole life and more importantly, she will remember how she felt. I have always remembered when Elder Oaks made a surprise visit to our ward when I was speaking when I was 16! He shook my hand afterward, and I have always remembered it and cherished that simple act of kindness from him.

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  5. First off: that picture is BEAUTIFUL! What a sweet story that Macey will remember forever! I have a special place in my heart for Henry Eyring. I went to High School with his daughter, Mary and got to meet him a few times through her. They have an amazing family and he is such an amazing man.

    Thanks for sharing this sweet story. Hope all is well with you guys! XOXOXO

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  6. Hi Ellie
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    I was born with a rare life threatening disease.
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