Short ties are cool. The last thing I want to worry about as I eat my bowl of cinnamon toast crunch (yes I know this will give me diabetes) is my tie getting dunked in milk. My family made fun of me for my short ties and would often ask if I would wear them longer if the prophet told me to...like that would ever happen. On my wedding day all my buddies wore their ties short, as a joke but I still one upped them with a bow tie. As I was getting ready to move out east for school Lindsay said we should probably take some time to see her grandpa in the hospital. We stopped what we were doing and made the drive up. We arrived at the hospital only a few minutes before grandpa Schettler passed away. It's was a very sad day. Grandpa Schettler was well known and liked. His viewing was very well attended and was upbeat. An old military friend of Grandpa Schettler showed up and the atmosphere in the room changed, it was the prophet, Thomas Monson. He shook many hands including mine and read a letter to the family. Later that evening our paths crossed again and a man standing next to me said something like "isn't he a fine young man?" To which President Monson acknowledged and then the man said something like "except his collar button is showing." Without missing a beat President Monson said "That's because your ties too short." Jaw dropped as he walked away. The unfathomable happens, the prophet just said my tie was too short. I will never live this one down.
