Chapter 2 - March 28 The James Ranch, Texas Fifty miles east near Dalhart, Texas, Walker Smythe’s eyes circled the ranch’s dining-room...

Chapter 1 - March 28, 1929 Clayton, New Mexico I was so distracted with whether I could, I neglected to examine if I should. To make it...

Chapter 1 - Thursday, March 28, 1929 Clayton, New Mexico Franny tripped up the courthouse steps with pounding heart when she spotted her...

Pastor John Wesley Kemper went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in Longmont, Colorado at the age of 90. He was preceded by...

Hope Lights a Flame By Loni Kemper Moore “ Faith does not quench desire but inflames it.” Thomas Aquinas Chapter 1 - February 24, 1929...

A late bloomer, I entered ninth grade at this Christian school during the Vietnam War era. Having always been a compliant child, Dad and...

We moved from Virginia back to Colorado the summer before I entered seventh grade in 1966. That year, the state of Virginia integrated...

My Maternal Extended (James) Family As long as we lived in Colorado, we traveled to Grandma and Grandpa James’ house a few times a year....

Chapter 3: Colorado II - Edgewater Years (1958-1960) The summer before I turned five we moved to Edgewater, Colorado, so Dad could attend...

Chapter 5: Virginia (1962-1966) Life Changing Events which Challenged My Faith After watching the movie, “Thirteen Days” with Daddy about...

Chapter 2: Colorado I - Brush Years (1955-1957) Five Significant Events We Built A Log Cabin We moved from Virginia to Brush, Colorado,...

Living in Virginia (the first time) When Dad left the service we moved to Virginia, and he joined the electric company, Deco Electronics....

Marriage and Living in Cheyenne The first Friday of December 1952 changed their world when Dad and Mom drove across the Colorado/New...

Mom, born in Texas like your Daddy, grew up on a ranch twenty miles from Eads, Colorado about which she wrote in a volume she titled “I...

The first-born of a U.S. Air Force sergeant named John from Virginia and his wife, Virginia, from Colorado, I exploded into their...

Dear Adam, I gaze at a picture of my son’s face. I am always amazed by your perfection sitting next to your grandpa. Viewing my father...

Mom, I never would have imagined 27 years ago when we said goodbye, the woman I would be today would miss you as much as ever or ......

Yeah, I admit, I’m feeling rather Joan-of-Arcish. Just like in elementary school when that mean girl pinched me but I was always the one...

Ever bump into someone...