This morning my brother and sister and I who are living here in Provo attended the memorial service of my great-Uncle Alan Ray Hansen. I find that I actually sometimes look forward to going to funerals. Often there is more cause to celebrate than there is to mourn when we reflect on the well-lived life of a loved one. That was definitely the case today. A tear or two may have been shed, but they were the type of tears that come when speaking of strong love for a wonderful friend, not tears of sadness.
My siblings and I enjoyed seeing family members we hadn't seen in years. We were there to represent all of the descendants of Alan's older brother Don (my grandfather). We felt very at home in the presence of lots of very tall men and women!
This evening I opened to Doctrince & Covenants 110. This section of the D&C is a record of a vision that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery had in the Kirtland, Ohio temple on April 3, 1836. At that time Elijah the prophet returned to restore the keys of his dispensation, to fulfill the prophecy of Malachi in the New Testament, in order "to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the children to the father, lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse." I definitely felt my heart turned to my family today. I loved pondering on the lives of my ancestors and contemporaries, and I also am looking forward to building a my own future forever family!
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