The really wonderful thing about my childhood was that the stake president lived across the street from us, and his son was Gordon B. Hinckley. So I was aware of him. As their romance blossomed, Gordon was called on a mission. It seems like everything wonderful that happened to us always happened in the bottom of the Depression. After Gordon's mission, the couple resumed dating and soon were married.
Children are like that.
There are days when it's hard to laugh. As Gordon Hinckley became Elder Hinckley and then President Hinckley, his Church assignments took him around the world, and Sister Hinckley often accompanied him. The very first time I went overseas with him was when we went to the Swiss Temple, and I was very excited. Switzerland is a wonderfully beautiful place. And I was so happy to be there, until I realized that there was an ocean and a continent between me and my children.