I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms.

We are all children of the same God, and we have to come together to solve our problems and not be fighting so much.

You just deal with the cards that are dealt you and you just go on and push forward.

I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.

We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person who is trying to hide things, or do things?

The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.

I know for certain people I'm championing a struggle that they're going through.