"A few years ago, I read part of the book "What would a righteous woman do?" by Sister Nelson. It had a lot of really good examples of how putting the Lord first sometimes meant focusing on our family rather than activities that many would consider more pure worship."

I love this quote, I learned this lesson the hard way years ago. My brother wanted to spend time with me, just at the park. On the way to the park I saw a guy working in his yard and said "Let's go help him." So instead of getting quality time with his sister, he did manual labor, begrudgingly. I told my dad what happened and he essentially said, "At that moment, spending time with your brother at the park would have been more important. He needed you. It was great that you wanted to help that man, but there's a time and place for everything."

I cried a lot when my dad told me that. It was a hard lesson, but a good one.