Thanks ARJ and annegb. And John M., I'm not fiaalimr with that suggestion from Elder Packer, but it seems like a beautiful idea. I think my parents would be touched by such consideration.I think it's also important that family members who cannot enter the temple because they are not members of the Church know that there are others who are members of the church but may not be able to attend the sealing because they have not received their endowment or because there simply may not be room for all who want to attend.When my parents dropped me off at the Missionary Training Center before my mission my mother was in tears and felt like the other mothers couldn't understand or that it wasn't hard for them because they knew it was coming. But one of the other mothers explained that even though she had years to prepare for this moment, it still didn't make it easy. It helped my mom to know she wasn't alone in her feelings.
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Thanks ARJ and annegb. And John M., I'm not fiaalimr with that suggestion from Elder Packer, but it seems like a beautiful idea. I think my parents would be touched by such consideration.I think it's also important that family members who cannot enter the temple because they are not members of the Church know that there are others who are members of the church but may not be able to attend the sealing because they have not received their endowment or because there simply may not be room for all who want to attend.When my parents dropped me off at the Missionary Training Center before my mission my mother was in tears and felt like the other mothers couldn't understand or that it wasn't hard for them because they knew it was coming. But one of the other mothers explained that even though she had years to prepare for this moment, it still didn't make it easy. It helped my mom to know she wasn't alone in her feelings.