Intro to Turn the HEARTS

Introduction by Brent and Lynae

OK. Now, when you read this book, I want to tell you, it's not exactly how it happened. You see, Mom took us on this trip through New Mexico the summer Lynae turned 12, mostly to see Grandma Lucy and then down to southern Arizona to see our oldest sister, Cheryse and her three little girls. I was already 13 and a half that summer. Then we traveled again the following summer. During this time period we lived with our dad and step-mom in an apartment near Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada.
I’m not going to explain about the joint custody, because that is a whole ‘nother book. Mom explained to us ahead of time that on these trips we would be seeing some of the sights that belonged to her family history; a lot of them that she had never seen, because she didn't grow up in New Mexico.
But some of the things in this book didn't happen exactly in the order that they are told. You see, we kind of jumped around from place to place and time to time, because when we took the trip in real time, we had to kind of stay on the road and follow the map, but when Lynae and I traveled around through the past, we didn't always follow the map -- or the calendar. So when the book was written, we thought it would be better to tell it in historical order. So sometimes, the story about our trip gets a little out of order, to put the story of our adventures into a chronological order.
Well, Brent, aren't you going to tell them that they can travel through time using their imaginations, and using the history and genealogy in this book, they can have the same adventures and exciting visits to the past?
No, Lynae, I think I'll just let them find that out on their own. They might not believe in time travel, or they just might not like adventure.
Maybe we should tell them that the history and genealogy information are accurate as far as we know, and the stories about when we are with Mom, are accurate, except for time order, and the rest. . .
I think you just did. I’m just sorry we couldn’t include all the neat people we met and especially all the relatives, but that would have taken several more volumes.
We should have kept better journals. Maybe we can return some day and spend more time.
Oh, well, maybe we should just let them read the book and decide for themselves.