Who would have thought that Elder Uchtdorf would be one? And yet he is in my top five. When I first heard him speak he looked confident neigh upon cocky, and things haven't changed - though he seems to be getting more tan.
I love to listen to Elder Bednar. I love his BYU Idaho connection, and I appreciate his style of teaching. I get a feeling of calm listening to him, and that takes something. I believe him to be humble and kind.
Elder Holland get to the point, and it is always a point that needed to be brought home for me. Elder Ballard, Elder Oaks. Of course, the prophet. President Hinkley was a favorite of mine as well.
Maybe its that I am getting older and can see their point of view. Maybe its that I believe, for the first time in my life, that they can see mine. While I still have a hard time sitting still for two hours without a note pad and charcoal or lemon heads, I am starting to enjoy conference.
I used to watch for the gay connection - hoping one of them would say something that would make life easier for those of us who are homosexuals and for people who love them. That thought then evolved into a hope that one of the elders would not say something to provoke or that would be construed as unfeeling or unkind. Now I just pray that anything that is said will be something I will be able to cope with and learn from without too much pain.
I keep hoping that conference will bring my people together, both the SGAttracted and the Mormons. They are both my people.
