"I Have A Family Here On Earth, They Are So Good To Me"

Maybe I am just trying to get back in touch with my childhood, but I find it easy to remember all the songs I used to sing in church as a little kid.  There is a beauty about the simplicity of the message that they share and an even greater beauty to the depth of its meaning.  I have pondered many times on the words to the Hymn: "Families Can Be Together Forever" and considered it truth in my own life.  I am one of the lucky kids who grew up in a good home, raised by good parents, with good siblings.  Life has not always been perfect but things have been easier because I have parents who care and sisters who support me.  "The family is ordained of God" (The Family: A Proclamation to the World).  In my family, we were never alone, we always cared for and respected each other.  I know that God has prepared a way for our families to be happy and to live together forever and I'm grateful for the blessings of the holy temples that provide us that possibility.  I hope to live in a manner in which I may see them gathered with my Heavenly Family.