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Yesterday I expected 7 or 8 people to show up, but as I stood and faced those in attendance I saw that the room was packed. Karen White, the co-founder of the Afro-American Association of Fauquier County introduced me as a dynamite story teller, so I stepped into the narrative.   I shared about my drive through the beautiful rolling hills of Leeton Farms, only a few miles from the historic brick building that I was standing in at that very moment. I was so caught up and taken by the account of my 4th great-grandfather who ran away from enslavement there from atty general Charles Lee in 1814. Sharing the account in a way to help the audience come with me, and see with me.  My vulnerability sprung up and my face flooded with tears.    I made no apologies for the sentiment and passion that arises as I steward the historical accounts and sacred lives of the ancestors. Their stories hold lessons and ways of being that can help us amass upon deeper levels of our ...
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Nate and Fannie Peters

My life is so wonderfully rich and full.    I had no idea of the ventures and opportunities that God would open for me as I began to live for what truly matters to me.  I'm researching the journeys and  lives of my ancestors and yesterday I made discoveries that made me laugh out loud, rejoice with dancing, and then I was moved to tears😭. I've been looking for mention of Nate and Fannie Peters.  Nate are Fannie are the parents of my great--great-grandfather, James Peters who ran from enslavement and joined Union forces.   He fought against the strongholds of the confederacy and the evil institution of slavery. He left his mother and siblings behind and by the grace of a just and powerful God he was able to return home after the war, to a family that was finally free.  But where was James father, Nate? My heart longs to find what became of Nate.  I have a  few clues lead me from Virginia to Louisiana. So my journey into the past cont...
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