Our internet was down yesterday and I wasn't able to post about our wonderful mothers. We would never be who we are today if it weren't for these two women. I was particularly touched by Elder M. Russell Ballard's talk, "Mothers & Daughters" in the April 2010 session of General Conference.
"My dear wife, Barbara, has had an eternally significant influence on our daughters and granddaughters—and they, in turn, on her. Mothers and daughters play a critical role in helping each other explore their infinite possibilities, despite the undermining influences of a world in which womanhood and motherhood are being corrupted and manipulated.
Speaking to the women of the Church nearly a century ago, President Joseph F. Smith said: “It is not for you to be led by the women of the world; it is for you to lead the . . . women of the world, in everything that is praise-worthy, everything that is God-like, everything that is uplifting and . . . purifying to the children of men”"
I'm so grateful for mothers who were not led by the world and who taught us how to lead.
