I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing I was learning it. On the farm, you learn early that you reap what you sow.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.

The Lord needed the strength of the women of this Church as the seeds of the Restoration were planted and nourished.

If we were to inspect ourselves or members of our family and our friends, we would see that we don't really have to go all the way overseas to be mystified - we can be mystified right at home.

I definitely grew up differently to most of my friends, and that was a little bit of a struggle then. I wouldn't want to change anything about the way I grew up, even though it was a different situation. I still love the way I grew up, and I had an amazing childhood with a really supportive family.

I'd split up with a boyfriend and gone to Vermont to stare at my navel, and then 9/11 happened, and I spent days being scared of what was happening in the world. So I made a list of all the things I wanted to do, and at the top was adopt a baby. Nine months and two days later, I brought my daughter home.

Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats.