TULIPSHELEN'S HOME LIFE Helen's home life Makes mine and Marie’s Look complacent comparatively.Her home’s a hotbed for tulips Or "two lips" – in hell!Ours a heavenly hotbed Where tulips to dwell.Oh, well! Poor “Hel.”But one never can tellFrom the outsideIf a home's a heaven or hell On the inside.It's probably just as well.
Oh, Just To Be Me! (A poem from my Diary as an adolescent Mormon girl)I’m in middle row, 2nd to leftRelated Oh, Just To Be Just Me!I was born some time agoWay out in the sticksIn a Mormon colony in MexicoIn nineteen-forty-six.My parents moved to the U.S.When I was only one –Right after The Great DepressionAnd…
COUSIN HOMER'S KISS From my Memoir Blog: Part 19-C:Esther LeBaron Spencer – And More Perils of Polygamy(See: stephanyspencer.com) Beulah Stephany Spencer-LeBaron in 1962, age 16 on our ranch in Colonia LeBaron, Chihuahua, Mexico. Nearly all men can stand adversity,But if you want to test a man's character, Give him power.Abraham Lincoln COUSIN HOMER'S KISSIn Cousin Homer's kissThere'd be no connubial bliss.Though my first…
TIPS FROM TONY:Emote the EmotionEmote the emotionOver-and-overYou want to feelSays Tony Robbins,Motivational SpeakerAnd guru likeDoctors Dyer and Phil.Says Tony:To change our emotion Change our motion –We’re at the wheel.Changing physiologyChanges emotions.It's a done deal.Stand tall and proudWhen feeling afraid.Sing a happy tuneTo also aid.Sitting erect when feeling badOr turning frowns upside downWhen we're sadHelps one feel glad.To…
NOTE: The following is a Review of The Sound of Gravel, a Memoir by my cousin Ruth Wariner.(“Wariner” is Ruth’s MOTHER’S maiden name. My mother’s brother self-proclaimed Prophet Joel LeBaron was Ruth’s father.) By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron:I’ve read once, listened thrice to Ruth Wariner’s book, The Sound of Gravel, giving it higher ratings with each read. So it paid to peruse her Memoir more than…
Poemby Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: PONDREIN' and WANDERIN': Conversation With Self Ponderin' 'n Wanderin':A Conversation with SelfAt seventy-one I'm hungBy protruding nailsOn my ladder's last rung,Wonderin' what else I might've won.Should I try for more Before Life's done?Or should I commit to recreation,Cease ambition and aspiration;Cease trying to make more of myself;Simplify life, put struggle on the…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: IN MY TIME IN MY TIMEby Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: IN MY TIMEIn my timeI won’t give in, I won’t give up.I’ll let today’s mirthFill up my cup.In the darkest hours Of our imperfect worldI’ll look to the dawnAs day’s unfurled.Then hold up my hopeHold up my head.I won’t be troubledBy what is said.Placing one…
ADVERSITY'S STRENGTHENINGby Stephany Spencer-LeBaronI was born into a cult.When I fled that sect I'd known,I was shunned, demonized,Left on my own.Presently I'm steeped in pain,Purpose that once shownNow faces the abyssSitting on a throne.The vicissitudes of lifeHave left me loss full-blown,Heartaches unquenchable,And so alone!Come! End this anguish!Put Justice in its place!Do not tarry long.I can't…
My Hypnotic-Regression "Rebirthing" Session: Nascency in Mexico Down Past the Rio Grande My Hypnotic-Regression "Rebirthing" SessionIn 1986, I learned it was possible to be hypnotized and taken back to the moment I was born. Being a curious person undergoing personal growth, self-discovery, and healing, I hired an excellent psychotherapist who specialized in doing psychological “Rebirthings.” Through…
Review by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Luna Lindsey's "Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil of Mormon Mind Control" Luna Lindsey "Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil of Mormon Mind Control"By Luna Lindseyon FaceBook In October 2016 I discovered the excellent writer Luna Lindsey. Then I learned she had written and published a book I, an ex-Mormon fundamentalist, needed to…
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