Chapter 14: Continuing or Beginning a Strong Family Legacy
Chester Todd, my father, raised homing pigeons, and homing pigeons do just what their name implies. They find their way home even from extremely long distances. They can fly as far as one thousand miles. They can fly as fast as fifty miles per hour. But whether they fly fast or slow is not nearly as important as is the fact that they come home. Chester had a good friend who also raised pigeons named Tom Monson, long before his name became well known. Their friendship lasted over sixty years. I can remember at least two times Brother Monson and his son came to our home. When Chester was near death, President Thomas S. Monson visited him in the hospital, gave him a blessing, came to the viewing, and spoke at the funeral, all without being asked. At the funeral, President Monson shared memories for about fifteen minutes, then graciously said he had to attend anoth...