After dinner, I had the blessing of chatting for a long while with Jim's grandpa. I had not seen this wonderful old man since I attended the memorial service of his wife of 63 years about two years ago, and I had forgotten how much fun he is to talk to. Neither of us are too shy about sharing our opinions!
We talked for well over an hour about our families, life in Utah, faith, and church politics. However, what will stick with me about our conversation is what he had to say about his legacy. At one point, he began to talk about his full life. He then began to list off the names of his children, grandchildren, and even some great-grandchildren, and their relationship with Jesus, as best as he could tell. "That," he told me, "is how I judge my life."
We quickly moved on to other topics of conversation, but his attitude toward how he judges his life on Earth is not one I will soon forget.
