“As a boy I would gather with my family around our piano,
now more than a hundred years old. That piano still is a precious heirloom
because it was dear to my mother as a gift from her husband when they were poor.
My parents had known poverty and so were frugal. The Christmas gifts we
received were modest. But my mother had a rich soprano voice. She played her
piano at Christmas as she led us in singing familiar carols and sacred hymns. Even
as a young boy, I felt inexpressible joy in singing those songs. The music
filled our small home with a spirit of peace. I could feel not only the love of
my mother and father and two brothers, but of my Heavenly Father and the Savior
Jesus Christ. I wanted to live so I could return to our heavenly home, where I
knew Heavenly Father and the Savior would be waiting.” – President Henry B.
Eyring
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