Not everyone is fortunate enough to capture the recollections of a beloved family member before they leave this earth. Leona Rice spent hours and hours in phone conversations with her father, Manuel Leon Long, writing his memories on any scrap of paper she happened to have handy. The result is this book, which she hopes will be read and enjoyed by family members and friends of the family for generations to come. Leona says she is an artist, not a writer but after reading this book you may well agree that she is both.