Pieces by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: La Mora, Sonora, American-Mexican Drug-Cartel Tragedy

Rancho La Mora, Sonora: LeBaron-American-MexicanMassacre NOTE:Due to the recent Mexico-LeBaron tragedy, I interrupt my regular-scheduled blog to post the following Memorial. MSN.COM: US Victims in Mexico massacre were tied to family with long history of violence In Memoriam: My condolences to my extended-family members and friends murdered in the recent Rancho LaMora, Sonora, Mexico massacre.I'm…

Pt 41-C: Esther LeBaron Spencer and ‘More on’ LeBaron Madness

Pt 41-C: Esther LeBaron Spencer and 'More on' LeBaron Madness Five of the seven "one mighty and strong" Mexico-LeBaron boys, left to right: Verlan, Floren, Ervil, Joel, and Alma “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”Blaise Pascal When it comes to my Mexico-LeBaron relatives claiming to…

Pt 41-B: Esther LeBaron Spencer and “More on” LeBaron Madness

Pt 41-B: Esther LeBaron Spencer and "More on" LeBaron Madness" Five of the seven "One Mighty and Strong" Mexico-LeBaron brothers (Left to right: Floren, Alma, Verlan, Joel, and Ervil) Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see; and they will not be a substitute for…

Pt 41-A: Esther LeBaron Spencer and “More on” LeBaron Madness

Pt 41-A: Esther LeBaron Spencer and "More on" LeBaron Madness My mother Esther LeBaron-McDonald Spencer "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson In "Parts 39--40-B: Esther LeBaron Spencer;Ma, Pa, Me, and Pitfalls of Polygamy," I discussed issues of perfectionism in my grandparents Maud…

Pt 40-E: Esther LeBaron Spencer: Ma, Pa, Me, and Pitfalls of Polygamy

Pt 40-E: Esther LeBaron Spencer: Ma, Pa, Me, and Pitfalls of Polygamy My beautiful mother Esther LeBaron Spencer, second row, right, in front of our rock house; being arrested during 1953 Short Creek Raid; her then seven kids at front; another in her belly past due. Abraham Lincoln ran on the Republican Platform of ending…