Merrilee Boyack loves life and loves every season of life--especially this one!  She enjoys hanging out with her hubby, four sons and three grandchildren and discussing politics.   She is an estate-planning attorney preparing trust, wills and powers of attorney. Merrilee is also a professional lecturer and speaks all over the country, featured for many years at BYU Education Week and Time Out for Women, and a published author. Merrilee is a long-time prepper and Divisions Director for Lehi CERT. She and her husband, Steve, have run several preparedness groups and have taught extensively on a variety of preparedness topics. Her current passion is serving as Chairman of Abortion-Free Utah Coalition.  She also serves as Development Director for Pro-Life Utah and as Director of Development for Latter-day Saints for Life. Merrilee also has created the Empowered Families Coalition of pro-family organizations in Utah to support family and traditional values. She is a passionate community activist working to protect unborn babies, families, and traditional values. She is the author of many books and talks, including The Parenting Breakthrough, Strangling Your Husband Is Not an Option; In Trying Times, Just Keep Trying, and her most recent, The Star Leads Us to Him. Merrilee and her husband, Steve, reside in Lehi, Utah.