Pt 38-C: Farewell to Floren McDonald LeBaron: The Last of the LeBarons

Farewell to Floren McDonald LeBaron: The Last of The LeBarons FLOREN MCDONALD LEBARONThe Last FarewellIN MEMORIAM "THE BEST IS YET TO COME!"(My Uncle Floren's favorite saying)~~~On February 17, 2019, Two months before his 92nd birthday, Floren McDonald LeBaron Left this earthly helmTo join his familyIn a heavenly realm. Fourth youngest of thirteen children, Floren was my favorite uncle,A one-of-a-kind.They broke the form When he was…

Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: The Sands of My Hourglass Figure

THE SANDS OF MY HOURGLASS FIGUREIN MY TIMEBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron THE SANDS OF MY HOURGLASS FIGUREIN MY TIMEThe sands of my hourglass figure Gradually disfiguring meSay my time is almost up, I've little left To complete Life's journey.Still Time ticks away the minutesLike the handsOn my inner circadian clock.I can't make the sands stop,Nor my heart Pit-pattering tick-tockLike…

Review by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: THE LEBARON STORY by Esther LeBaron Spencer and Verlan LeBaron

"The LeBaron Story" is truly a "Vanity Book" – not only because my uncle Verlan LeBaron paid a publishing company in 1981 (back when self-publishing was not the norm) to publish the book -- but also because it's a revisionistic, apologetic, and biased history of "the Mexico LeBarons;" i.e., my grandparents Maud and Dayer LeBaron and their offspring.What's more, though my…