Circa 1958: 11 of my parents' ultimately 14 children(I'm age 12, middle row, 2nd to left) Bio Ballad in Verse for Better or Worseby Stephany Spencer-LeBaronI was born some time agoAway out in the sticksIn Mexico’s Rocky Mountain RangeIn 1946.Was raised in Mormon Fundy cultsWhere self-righteous hicksThought it sinfulWith…
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Pt 41-A–M: “More on” Mexico-LeBaron Madness
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Pt 41-F: Ross Wesley LeBaron Sr and “More on” LeBaron Madness
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TEST PAGE – Pt 30-33: My Mexico LeBaron Family: Bipolar Issues & Incest
Pt 30: My Mama Esther LeBaron Spencer, Me, and Mental Illness My parents in 1964 with 13 of their 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…
STEPHANY SPENCER: 