A little help finding a story

[Tex]

A little help from y'all, if you're willing. I seem to remember a GA--I think President Monson--telling a story about visiting a former church leader in the hospital. The man was starting to lose his mental capacity, and when he saw President Monson come into the room, he thanked him for coming, asked him to sit down, and then proceeded to conduct an imaginary stake conference meeting from his hospital bed (with just the two of them there). He even invited Monson to speak, which he did. Monson used the story as an illustration of the purity of the man's heart, that in his moment of lost lucidity he was focused on church service.

I might have the details wrong--may have not been President Monson, for example--but I'm sure of the gist of the story. Trouble is, I can't locate it anywhere. Anyone remember this ditty, and know where I might find the original telling?

Thanks,
Tex

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Sorry, I'm not going to help you find a story to say church leaders are crazy and not in control of their mental facilities. Take your anti garbage elsewhere.

[Blueintheface]

Buckle up.

[scottie]

A little help from y'all, if you're willing. I seem to remember a GA--I think President Monson--telling a story about visiting a former church leader in the hospital. The man was starting to lose his mental capacity, and when he saw President Monson come into the room, he thanked him for coming, asked him to sit down, and then proceeded to conduct an imaginary stake conference meeting from his hospital bed (with just the two of them there). He even invited Monson to speak, which he did. Monson used the story as an illustration of the purity of the man's heart, that in his moment of lost lucidity he was focused on church service.

I might have the details wrong--may have not been President Monson, for example--but I'm sure of the gist of the story. Trouble is, I can't locate it anywhere. Anyone remember this ditty, and know where I might find the original telling?

Thanks,
Tex

[Pelado]

A little help from y'all, if you're willing. I seem to remember a GA--I think President Monson--telling a story about visiting a former church leader in the hospital. The man was starting to lose his mental capacity, and when he saw President Monson come into the room, he thanked him for coming, asked him to sit down, and then proceeded to conduct an imaginary stake conference meeting from his hospital bed (with just the two of them there). He even invited Monson to speak, which he did. Monson used the story as an illustration of the purity of the man's heart, that in his moment of lost lucidity he was focused on church service.

I might have the details wrong--may have not been President Monson, for example--but I'm sure of the gist of the story. Trouble is, I can't locate it anywhere. Anyone remember this ditty, and know where I might find the original telling?

Thanks,
Tex

Did Pres. Monson visit you in the hospital recently?

[Blueintheface]

Did Pres. Monson visit you in the hospital recently?

Well done.

[Green Monstah]

You may be conflating one of Pres. Monson's many hospital stories with Steve Benson's accounts of his grandfather's final years.

[TripletDaddy]

I recall a talk in which TMo told a story about shipping off to the Navy. Either just prior to taking off or shortly after arriving, he was asked to give a blessing. Nothing really extraordinary about the story except for a very brief but very curious claim...iirc, T Mo claimed that he was nervous because not only had he never given a blessing (i can believe that given his age) but he had never even SEEN a blessing given (very hard to believe). Tex, if you are somehow successful in your attempts to discredit President Monson, please pay it forward and help me find my story.

[clackamascoug]

Are you trying to infer that that story is proof positive that Pres. Monson is loony, because he spoke at an imaginary stake conference?

[Tex]

Thanks anyway.

[Blueintheface]

Maybe we turn this thread into one where everyone shares their favorites coming-out-of-anesthesia stories.

[San Juan Sun]

Maybe we turn this thread into one where everyone shares their favorites coming-out-of-anesthesia stories.

Just today had a guy confess to me after his colonoscopy that he drinks a lot of whiskey. It felt like a confession, so I absolved him. Seemed like the right thing to do.

[Pelado]

Just today had a guy confess to me after his colonoscopy that he drinks a lot of whiskey. It felt like a confession, so I absolved him. Seemed like the right thing to do.

What do you say to absolve someone? Do you end it with "my son" or with "my child"?

[San Juan Sun]

What do you say to absolve someone? Do you end it with "my son" or with "my child"?

"Well, that's alright."

But I like your way better.

[creekster]

Just today had a guy confess to me after his colonoscopy that he drinks a lot of whiskey. It felt like a confession, so I absolved him. Seemed like the right thing to do.

Doctor with a God complex.