Thoughts and stories, by Pal

I love Patriarchal Blessings!  When I was about 18 years old I had the amazing blessing of being able to type blessings for an elderly Patriarch here in St. George for a couple of years.  His wife had passed away, and I would take a hand written copy of the blessing and type it out.  They didn't use recorders at that time.  He would quote a sentence, and then wait for it to be hand-written, and then go on, perfectly continuing on with what had just been spoken. I ENCOURAGE ANYONE READING THIS TO AGAIN READ YOUR OWN PATRIARCHAL BLESSING.  IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED ONE YET, IT WOULD BE SO IMPORTANT TO DO THAT AS SOON AS CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT! !  MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER, AND HIS FATHER WERE BOTH PATRIARCHS IN PIONEER ST. GEORGE, UTAH.  I'LL POST A BRIEF HISTORY OF EACH OF THEIR LIVES IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.   This is a wonderful talk by Pres. Monson, which tells some very special stories, and when he needed to call a new Patriarch, and his rece...