Does It Count?

It better count...even if it is, technically speaking, Saturday. I guess I sort of let the time get away from me.

So funny thing happened on the way to the forum...or maybe on the way to the temple. And maybe it was in the temple rather than on the way to the temple. But in any case, funny thing happened. I'm getting to ready to go in for the session when I see a couple I totally recognize, so I do a double take and wait for it. You know, when you know something is coming to your memory, finding its way out of the labyrinth that is your mind, and then boom, you remember. John and Hannah Smith. I know, I know...crazy, huh? You just never know what you might expect to happen when you go to the temple.

Well here is the thing about John and Hannah Smith. They are lawyers. I knew them in back in my VA days when I used to attend a singles ward, which I have some things to say about those places, but I'll spare you that drama right at the moment and just go on to say that John Smith was a member of our bishopbric, and in general, just an all around nice guy. So there I am, smiling and thinking about how it's such a small world. And then it hits me. John and Hannah Smith are lawyers! Bing bing bing...another connection in the lawyering world of Dallas.

So then John Smith says to me, "How do you I know you?" All I have to say is "Colonial Ward." And then I smile. It's all coming back to him and Hannah Smith. And yes, aren't their names delightful...it's like this perfect little pioneer couple name. I heart it a great deal. Anyway, so now that we've chatted and such, and I'm leaving the temple, John Smith sees me one more time and gives me his business card and says to send on my resume and such and I'm just thinking hmmmmm....one never knows what will happen when one goes to the temple.

Maybe it will lead to a dream job, maybe not. But I sure do like that I got to see them...what a delightful couple that John and Hannah Smith.