Thoughts and stories, by Pal

I'm putting this entry in as an extra today.   I don't want any one entry to be too long, so you can read a shorter story at one time -- I don't know how readers feel about that ?  It goes with the one today about the testimonies of the Prophet Joseph Smith.  I am including the testimonies of my parents, Ruth Allen Miles, and Orson Pratt Miles, both faithful saints during their lives.    This first story was written by my mother Ruth.  The Solemn Assembly    (Mother, Ruth, was at this Solemn Assembly.)     These stories are in the book of the lives of my ancestors.   Rededication:   by Spencer W. Kimball         I think it most fitting that I finish my personal history with the most sacred and most inspiring experience of my life -- My attendance at the St.  George Temple Solemn Assembly.  Surely I will never be nearer heaven in this life than I was in 1976 when I was invited (because I was then working at the stake check out desk in the Temple)  to attend this m

You may notice, I'm going to try and make my entries not so long.  One of my sons mentioned they were too long!   This morning I went again to the St. George Temple for a session, as my husband Wayne was one of the officiators at the 10:40 a.m. session.  I met and sat by a dear friend who was there with her husband.  He has a very serious pulmonary illness, and often is in pain.  He was on a mission years ago in Italy, and spends as much time as he can doing Italian Indexing, and she says it is a great blessing to him.  A few months ago I mentioned in an e mail to her that I was learning Italian indexing.  She said it was a "Tender mercy" that I mentioned it, and I subsequently sent him some helps to get started. They came to St. George for his health, and it has helped him a lot, but he still has problems.  So many people have problems that we don't understand, and treating people with loving kindness is often all we can do.   It is actually impossible to even un