Pt 31-A: Esther LeBaron Spencer, the Mexico LeBarons, and Mental Illness Grandpa Alma Dayer LeBaron and his second oldest daughter Lucinda LeBaron Butchereit "No influence is so powerful as that of the mother." Sarah Josepha Hale As I said in the previous blog, both my mother and maternal grandmother Maud LeBaron believed the cause of mental illness in their…
Pt 30: Esther LeBaron Spencer, Me, and Mental Illness
Pt 30: Esther LeBaron Spencer, Me, and Mental Illness My parents in 1964 with their 13 out of 14 children "A mother's love for her childis like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity; it dares all things, and crushes down remorselesslyall that stands in its path."Agatha Christie Mother once confided in me: "I…
Pt 21-29: More Memories of My Parents Esther LeBaron and Floyd Spencer
~ Pt 21: Ma, Pa, Me, and Polygamy on Parade “Civilization is social ordersupporting cultural creativity.”Will Durant Taking up from "Pt 20-A-J: Ma, Pa, Me, and Polygamy on Parade," it bears restating that one of my Mormon fundamentalist sisters who married so many Misters never ever caught on ... never bothered to catch on how to check out, before she…
Pt 29: Esther LeBaron Spencer and Grandma Maud LeBaron
Pt 29: Esther LeBaron Spencer and Grandma Maud LeBaron My mama Esther with her mama, my Grandmama Maud "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny." South African Proverb I wonder: Did my attractive mama Esther LeBaron marry a father figure---my papa Floyd Spencer was 26 years older than she. Could part of…
STEPHANY SPENCER: 