In my opinion, the temple is a gift...it's a gift for the living to make eternal covenants with our Heavenly Father. It's a gift for the dead to be able to have these ordinances performed by proxy. And sometimes, it's a gift that assists in our journey of being able to move on from trails or tragedies.
Without going into detail in order to protect the privacy of Sis. Cochrane, Nick and I were very grateful to be a part of her journey of moving beyond tragedy. She asked Nick to be baptized and confirmed for her father and her mission president performed the ordinance. The Provo Temple is the busiest temple in the world and the Baptistery is always filled to capacity with youth. The day we went was no different. Her mission president explained the circumstances to the Temple worker and once we were all in our whites, they finished up with those in the enclosed font area and escorted us in. They allowed us to be in there by ourselves and performed both the baptism and confirmation there in the font area.
It was an experience I won't forget, especially the feeling of how much this mother (Sis Cochrane's mother who is also deceased) loves her daughter!
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