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One of the goals I chose when working on Personal Progress as a YW leader was to write to my mother every week. I was always close to my mother, but I didn’t get to see or talk to her very often.
The next time I saw my mother after I had been writing her, our meeting was especially poignant and sweet because we had been in touch, we knew more of each other’s lives, and we saw in each other’s eyes the greater closeness that we felt.

We don’t write letters any more. We email or blog.
But I know that the next time I see Jennifer or Elizabeth or Jill, that our meeting will be more joyful and sweet because we have been in touch.

I think prayer works that way. We talk to Heavenly Father so that we know something of Him, and know that he’s aware of us, and we feel connected.
And on that glorious day when we meet Him face to face, it will be all the more powerful and joyful and sweet because we have been in touch. We will see in each other's eyes the familiarity, the closeness, and the love. So be it.