| "Embrace the Vanished
Glory"
"If you cannot get rid of the
family skeleton, you may as well make it dance."
George
Bernard Shaw
Connie Lynne
Smith was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri.
She spent her childhood in the Midtown and Westport
neighborhoods. She attended George B. Longan Elementary school
and graduated from Westport High School. She attended college
in Kansas City and also studied at the University of California
at Berkeley. She lives with her husband and daughter in Kansas
City, where they are members of Our Lady of Good Counsel
Catholic Church. Connie is also a former
resident of Oceanside, California. She is a member of the William
Boydston Chapter of The Daughters of the
American
Revolution.
In addition to being an
author, Connie is a freelance writer and an award-winning Op/Ed
columnist. Her columns have been published in The
Kansas City Star newspaper and numerous online media
outlets. She is a member of the Society of
Professional Journalists; The Kansas City Press
Club; The Authors Guild and The
Missouri Writers Guild.
Connie tells the story of
how she came to write Vanished Glory on
the Articles page of this
website. She welcomes your comments on the Contact
page of this website.
Connie's column is
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OP/EDs
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"The key that had unlocked a
door into the past fascinated me. I seemed to feel that it had
some special personal significance, but I couldn't imagine what...
Was there any way in the world that I could maybe find
out?"
  From Roots by Alex
Haley
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