Fatherhood is not an easy assignment, but it ranks among the most imperative ever given, in time or eternity.

And if those children are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.

Stay the course and see the beauty of life unfold for you.

True love BLOOMS when we care more about another person than we care about ourselves.

We don't want God to remember our sins, so there is something fundamentally wrong in our relentlessly trying to remember those of others.

Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. Give priesthood blessings. And bear your testimony!

I especially wish to praise and encourage young mothers. The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work... Do the best you can through these years, but whatever else you do, cherish that role that is so uniquely yours and for which heaven itself sends angels to watch over you and your little ones.