Section 25

Emma Smith is one of my heroes.  I put her in the same category as Eve, Mary, Queen Esther, Abish, and the other great women of the scriptures.  Emma was the first Relief Society President of this dispensation.  She compiled the first hymn book for the church.  She was told by the Lord that a "song of the heart is a prayer unto me," emphasizing the importance of music.  She was a faithful wife and mother.  She endured unthinkable hardship and sorrow.

In my personal list of heroic women I put my daughters Emily and Michelle, my wife, Jean, my mother, Beverlee Bee, my grandmothers, Sarah and Lottie, Jean's mother, Mary Elizabeth (Mimi), my daughters-in-law, Tina and Hayley, my sisters-in-law, and all of those women who loved and tutored me throughout my life in the church and school.  God bless these amazing women!