“This Organization Was Formed … ,” Ensign, June 1992, 61
This Organization Was Formed …
When I was young, the growing up don’ts and whys
would squint my eyes with questions. Mama would
hug me and reply, “It’s according to our natures.”
According to her nature, she took me to the happy-
time hide-under quilts, and all the sisters smiling
in their stitchings. And when a sister took down sick
Mama was very quick to take warm loaves of love
from “Relief Society.” I was very unsuspecting
that Mama was selecting me to help serve
a meal and share our love and care in homes
both bright and drab. I always thought Mama
just went to gab, until I got closer to her twenty-nine
and it became my time to be in others’ homes to
visit teach. No one had to preach, for I knew
it was “according to our natures.”
Photo by Jed Clark