Elder Neal A. Maxwell wrote: "If we truly want the best for our sons and daughters, we would want for them — not status — but more meekness, mercy, love, patience and submissiveness."

In other words, we would want them to grow up while holding onto the wonderful virtues associated with childhood.

There were many things to love about Elder Maxwell. One thing that always touched my heart was the way he would dot the letter i in his notes to me. He would dot them with a little circle, just as my friends and I used to do when we were growing up.

"Saturday's Voyeur" would probably have some fun with those i dots.

But for me, I saw in them a man who had managed to hold onto his heart as a child.

I saw the beauty, innocence, grace and joy of being a child of God in each one of them.

Jerry Johnston is a Deseret News staff writer. "New Harmony" appears weekly in Mormon Times.