Another “guest post” by my wife, Faye Richardson Mayberry.

I’ve been thinking lately. I do that  A LOT these days. I was sitting at a traffic light waiting my turn… I noticed all the cars going by and waiting next to me. It used to be REALLY important to me what kind of car I drove. Now I’m just glad I have one that runs and takes me to visit my children and grandchildren. It used to be really important to me that my kids hair was cut and fixed just right. Now I’m just thrilled when they are near, that I can touch their hair and that they are breathing. It used to be super important to me which row I sat in at church. Now I’m just happy to be in the building and sit anywhere  as  long as Carter is next to me. A shopping trip to Tucson used  to be the highlight  of my  week with lunch at Sweet Tomatoes. Now, it’s a good  day when I’m driving the opposite way on the  freeway over to the Gila Valley Temple, then lunch with a sister or a family dinner  at one of their homes.

Priorities and things are changing for me. Thanks  Ash for helping me to see what is and isn’t important  in life.

Vinyl words on my wall say: “The Most Important Things In Life Aren’t Things”. I put that  up a few years ago. I thought I knew what that meant then. I had no idea.