Sometimes, it's just hard

 This was a read that I thoroughly enjoyed, and agree with. 

I hope each of my dear, darling children read it and understand motherhood all the more.

Heart to Heart

Joanne Roselyn Biggerstaff Bullock Lane

Grandma Joanne

Born

March 6, 1930

Great Falls, Montana

At Rest

October 4, 2012

Las Vegas, Nevada

I have many fond memories of Grandma Joanne. She had this wonderful way of making me feel like a grown up. She always spoke to me as an equal.

Joanne as a young lady

 
 She loved Toys R Us and every year for my birthday, she'd take me shopping. We would start the day off right by eating a healthy McDonalds breakfast. Then we'd go to Millers Outpost to look for clothes. If we couldn't find anything wonderful there, we would find ourselves at the Meadows Mall. Then we'd stop at Sizzlers for lunch. The salad bar was our first choice every time. Then, before heading home we had to see what could be found at Toys R Us. Usually, it was something for my Cabbage Patch Kids and some watermelon bubble gum in a tube.

Joanne

 She had a weakness for Winchelle's Doughnuts, too. I remember once, she took me and a friend of mine, Brandy York, so see a movie in the theater. Well, Brandy got sick on the popcorn, and tossed her cookies in the back of Grandma Joanne's car (fortunately, it was into the popcorn bucket). Grandma's suggested remedy; Winchelle's Doughnuts. (I laugh as I write this!) You can imagine the outcome...

Joanne with son Kent

 We always said she had moon eyes when she smiled. My sister inherited those moon eyes.

 I always looked forward to spending time with Grandma Joanne. I remember once, the day of a birthday shopping excursion, I woke up early, to make sure I was ready in time, and looking at the clock, thinking that it said 8 am, I got out of bed and proceeded to ready myself. Upon completing that task, I went back to look at the clock to see how much longer I had to wait. The clock said 7:06 am. In my excitement, I misread the time. It had been 6 am.

Joanne, with her father, Charles Hillard Biggerstaff

I didn't know she was a horsewoman

Joanne, father Charles and brother Ronald

 But, in my minds eye, when I think of Grandma Joanne, I see her just like this, wearing a white blouse, a denim skirt and a thin brown belt. I loved Grandma Joanne. I always will.

Online Biography

We had the pleasure of visiting with my dad at her funeral. He came in from Virginia.

Uncle Kent, Aunt Heidi, Father Mark

Gramdma Kaye

May 13, 1956~April 22, 2012

KAYE BULLOCK Kaye Reber Bullock, 55, a retired midwife, of Junction, Utah, passed away April 22, 2012. She was born May 13, 1956 in Boulder City, and was a 51-year resident of Nevada. Kaye was an amazing champion of liberty and a true fighter to the very end. She served the Las Vegas community as a midwife for 30 years. She will be remembered and missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by a stillborn daughter, Jenny Love. She is survived by her parents, Jim and Dee Reber; her brother, John Reber; her children, Sara Dee Farnsworth, Joshua Paul, Jamie Kaye, Brooke, Jesse James, and Logan; and her grandchildren, Morgan, Abby, Emma, Moses and Abraham. Services will be at 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 27, at the LDS chapel at 5800 Carl Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89108.

 Pictures taken by Michael Childs

Read more about Grandma Kaye HERE
Stories of Kaye are being collected. If you have one you'd like to share, please email it to kaye.stories@gmail.com


May 23, 2013
Update

 The headstone has been put in place and it looks beautiful. Well done, Jamie Kaye, it's just as it should be!