Sister Marjorie Hinckley's sisters

We had a fireside tonight with Sister Hinckley's sisters. These woman are so funny,  They said that when Marjorie married Gorden B Hinckley that they were fine with that until he became the Prophet!  They are a hoot!
This grave marker that they brought us to look at was found in Iowa by a sheep herder. If finally found it's way to the Hinckley family after much hardship. It is the grave marker of the baby sister of their grandmother. They figure it was torn out of a wagon from the inside as it had big nails that had pans etc hanging on it. They told of the story of their grandmother who was eleven at the time her baby sister died. She was found missing from the wagon train and the dad went back to find her sitting by the grave refusing to go with them. She was worried about the wolves digging up her baby sister . So they put rocks all around it and then sage brush and burned the sage brush so the wolves couldn't smell the body. This marker made it all so real and to feel that 150 year old wood just made it more real for me. Their grandmother walked across the plains and lost all her toes and almost her feet. They hurt her all her life. The sacrifice of these pioneers and what they went through is astounding. They just wanted to be free to live like they wanted and to worship how they wanted. They were willing to die for that right. Amazing.