dr. falwell told you, the first among those rights is life. my husband and i, when we were in our college years, were challenged when we saw a film series by dr. jerry falwell's mentor dr. francis schaffer. we were 19 years of age and we were spellbound as we watched this movie about biblical world views, that jesus is not just the lord of the sabbath, he is not just lord of theology, he is lord of all of a. creation he is a great god. in the midst of that challenge, he also told us about life and that life is the premier issue, the watershed issue of our times. and he was right because we learned this not only by what we have observed and read in the word, we learned by experience when we lost one of our children and a miscarriage. when that miscarriage occurred, we did not think we were materialistic people. we did not think we were career- minded people. i was a tax lawyer and my husband was a clinical psychologist by god got a hold of our hearts of that moment and he shared with us the importance of life and we decided at that point that we open our hearts to a however many children god would give us. we accepted those children as you would do a

dr. falwell told you, the first among those rights is life. my husband and i, when we were in our college years, were challenged. we saw a film series by dr. jerry falwell's mentor. we were 19 years of age and we were spellbound as we watched this movie about biblical world views that jesus is not just lords of the sabbath. he is not just lords of theology. he is lord of all of creation. he heat is a great god. in the midst of that challenge, he also told us about life. life is the premier issue, the watershed issue of part-time. he was right -- of our time. he was right. we learned by experience we lost one of our children in a miscarriage. when that miscarriage of kurds, we did not think we were materialistic people. we did not think we were coming year -- career minded people. god got a hold of our hearts of that moment and he shared with us the importance of life. we decided that we would open our hearts to however many children that god would give us. we accepted those children. we have five biological children. over the years, we took 23 foster children into our homes and raise them up and launched them into the world as well. [applause] d

dr. jerry falwell and if you committed christians who came together and put their needs before an almighty god and said this is the project that we will start. and we looked around amazed at this university. it has only just begun, the greatness that is going to come out of liberty. these are just the early days of the greatness that god has planned, not only for this university bed for each one of your lives as well. it is the topic of do not settle. in the midst of this success and in the midst of this great as, i would like to say that, first of all, 33 years ago this month, i did not settle. i married the very best man that i know, my husband, who is here with me today on this platform. [applause] and ladies and gentlemen, i challenge you. you can have it, too. do not settle in that department either. make sure that you get got's very best for you, too. it is worth it. and have you ever noticed, when we talk about this concept of saddling or what -- of settling for will be settled, when we settle, we're usually selling for the easy choice. right? it is not the hard choice. sometimes yo