Sister Ann M. Dibb likes to read the obituaries. It's a habit she picked up from her parents. She likes to read them to see a little into people's lives and what they were remembered for, the second counselor in the Young Women general presidency told Mormon single adults gathered Sunday, June 28, at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building."As people remember you, what will you be remembered for?" Sister Dibb asked. "Will you be remembered as being virtuous?"Virtue was recently added as the eighth Young Women value."Many people are more familiar with text-messaging abbreviations that with virtue," she added.Virtue includes being honest, having moral excellence, honor, integrity and sexual purity, she said, citing the dictionary definition and other scholarly references.Being virtuous isn't anything new, as it was taught in the council in heaven, Sister Dibb said.One of her favorite examples of virtue is the character Jane Eyre, when she refuses to marry Mr. Rochester after she finds out his first wife is still alive. "It is because she is a virtuous woman" that she stays true to the laws of God, Sister Dibb said.Also, examples of virtuous people are in the scriptures. In the story of Naomi and Ruth, Ruth stays with Naomi and is later noticed by Boaz for her kindness.Jesus Christ's lineage can be traced to Ruth and Boaz.Sister Dibb invited the single adults to strengthen their virtue three ways and asked them to show their commitment by giving a thumbs up.First, pray morning and night, and second, by reading the Book of Mormon at least five minutes each day. "Do you know what the hardest part is?" she said of reading the scriptures. "Opening it."The third thing is to smile. She showed a picture of her father, President Thomas S. Monson, smiling broadly. "When we smile, we forget ourselves a little bit and the world is a bit better place," Sister Dibb said.Virtue is important, as we need it to be worthy to go to the temple.Sister Dibb also shared some of the questions she is frequently asked about President Monson as she has visited young women throughout the world and the answers to those questions.His favorite color is yellow as "it's yellow that brings life to a picture," shared Sister Dibb.President Monson's favorite foods include turkey dinners, pies and chocolate.To the question about her favorite family home evening, Sister Dibb said when the extended family would go to Vivian Park in Provo Canyon and roast marshmallows (her father liked his golden brown) and hot dogs and her dad and his siblings would tell stories about their childhood.Sister Dibb said her father and mother always have worked together as a team and he has been able to serve because of her mother's support."I've never heard my mom complain about my dad's service," she added.She was 9 years old when her father was called to be a general authority and recalled as she and her mother would take him to the airport on a Friday evening or Saturday morning and pick him up on Sunday evening.He would put his briefcase down and then tell them about his trip.Through those, "I learned so much about faith and the way the Lord works," she said.
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