Review By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: The Sound of Gravel, a Memoir by Ruth Wariner

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…

Poetry by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: My Hypnotic-Regression “Rebirthing” Session: Nascency in Mexico Down Past the Rio Grande

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…

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…

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…