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A mother's nurturing love arouses in children, from their earliest days on earth, an awakening of the memories of love and goodness they experience in their premortal existence, Because our mothers love us, we learn, or more accurately remember, that God also loves us

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M. Russell Ballard
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: October 8
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Salt Lake City
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